Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – HMY RAVN TREX GRA
by Portfolio Grader | May 16, 2014 1:00 pm
Basic materials stocks declined 0.4% on Wall Street so far on Friday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average remained flat, the Nasdaq was down 0.1% and the S&P 500 was steady.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY[1]): HMY stock is up 2.6% today.
- Raven Industries (RAVN[2]): RAVN stock is up 0.9% today.
- Trex Company (TREX[3]): TREX stock is up 1.6% today.
- W.R. Grace & Company (GRA[4]): GRA stock is up 1.5% today.
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM[5]): SQM stock is up 1.2% today.
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK[6]): BAK stock is up 1.1% today.
- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc (POT[7]): POT stock is up 1.1% today.
- Georgia Gulf Corp (AXLL[8]): AXLL stock is up 1.4% today.
- Weyerhaeuser Company (WY[9]): WY stock is up 0.8% today.
- Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI[10]): IPI stock is up 0.5% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF[11]): CLF stock is down 4.1% today.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO[12]): RIO stock is down 2.7% today.
- Vale S.A. (VALE[13]): VALE stock is down 2.0% today.
- Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL[14]): BBL stock is down 1.8% today.
- United States Steel Corp (X[15]): X stock is down 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Century Aluminum Company (CENX[16]): CENX stock is down 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Freeport-Mcmoran Copper & Gold (FCX[17]): FCX stock is down 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- FMC Corp (FMC[18]): FMC stock is down 1.5% today.
- Silver Wheaton Corp (SLW[19]): SLW stock is down 1.2% today.
- Newmont Mining Corp (NEM[20]): NEM stock is down 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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:
- HMY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HMY
- RAVN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RAVN
- TREX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TREX
- GRA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GRA
- SQM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SQM
- BAK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BAK
- POT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=POT
- AXLL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AXLL
- WY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WY
- IPI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IPI
- CLF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLF
- RIO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RIO
- VALE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VALE
- BBL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BBL
- X: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=X
- CENX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CENX
- FCX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FCX
- FMC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FMC
- SLW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SLW
- NEM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NEM
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