Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – HBM ROLL FOE KS
by Portfolio Grader | May 21, 2014 6:15 pm
Basic materials stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.5%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.8%, the Nasdaq pushed 1.0% higher and the S&P 500 rose 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM[1]): HBM stock is up 2.9% to a new 52-week high of $9.51.
- RBC Bearings Inc (ROLL[2]): ROLL stock is up 1.9% today.
- Ferro Corp (FOE[3]): FOE stock is up 1.6% today.
- Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS[4]): KS stock is up 1.5% today.
- Polyone Corp (POL[5]): POL stock is up 1.5% today.
- Cabot Corp (CBT[6]): CBT stock is up 1.4% today.
- Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE[7]): GPRE stock is up 1.3% today.
- Dover Corp (DOV[8]): DOV stock is up 1.2% today.
- International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF[9]): IFF stock is up 1.2% today.
- Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (LYB[10]): LYB stock is up 1.2% to a new 52-week high of $98.16.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Rexnord Corp (RXN[11]): RXN stock is down 1.2% today.
- Agrium Inc (AGU[12]): AGU stock is down 1.0% today.
- Olin Corp (OLN[13]): OLN stock is down 0.9% today.
- Methanex Corp (MEOH[14]): MEOH stock is down 0.7%, marking the seventh consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- W.R. Grace & Company (GRA[15]): GRA stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Minerals Technologies Inc (MTX[16]): MTX stock is down 0.6% today.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF.B[17]): GEF.B stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Stepan Company (SCL[18]): SCL stock is down 0.5% today.
- Freeport-Mcmoran Copper & Gold (FCX[19]): FCX stock is down 0.5% today.
- Carpenter Technology Corp (CRS[20]): CRS stock is down 0.5% today on 2 times normal volume.
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Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
Endnotes:
- HBM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HBM
- ROLL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ROLL
- FOE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FOE
- KS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KS
- POL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=POL
- CBT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CBT
- GPRE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GPRE
- DOV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DOV
- IFF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IFF
- LYB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LYB
- RXN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RXN
- AGU: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AGU
- OLN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OLN
- MEOH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MEOH
- GRA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GRA
- MTX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MTX
- GEF.B: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GEF.B
- SCL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SCL
- FCX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FCX
- CRS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CRS
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