Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – HMY RGLD CE MRC
by Portfolio Grader | May 29, 2014 11:45 am
Basic materials stocks rose 0.1% on Wall Street so far on Thursday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.2%, the Nasdaq was up 0.3% and the S&P 500 rose 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY[1]): HMY stock is up 1.5% today.
- Royal Gold (RGLD[2]): RGLD stock is up 1.5% today.
- Celanese Corp (CE[3]): CE stock is up 1.3% to $62.04, near the 52-week high of $61.98.
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC[4]): MRC stock is up 1.2% today.
- Pan American Silver (PAAS[5]): PAAS stock is up 1.2% today.
- Balchem Corp (BCPC[6]): BCPC stock is up 1.1% today.
- Simpson Manufacturing Company (SSD[7]): SSD stock is up 1.0% today.
- Westlake Chemical Corp (WLK[8]): WLK stock is up 0.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Arcelormittal (MT[9]): MT stock is up 0.8% today.
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK[10]): BAK stock is up 0.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI[11]): SHI stock is down 4.1% today.
- Rexnord Corp (RXN[12]): RXN stock is down 2.8% today.
- Valhi Inc (VHI[13]): VHI stock is down 1.4%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI[14]): GFI stock is down 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Pohang Iron & Steel Co. (PKX[15]): PKX stock is down 1.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF[16]): CLF stock is down 1.1% today.
- Terra Nitrogen Company L.P. (TNH[17]): TNH stock is down 0.6% today.
- Circor International (CIR[18]): CIR stock is down 0.6% today.
- Agrium Inc (AGU[19]): AGU stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Matthews International Corp (MATW[20]): MATW stock is down 0.5% today.
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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
- RGLD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RGLD
- CE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CE
- MRC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MRC
- PAAS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PAAS
- BCPC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BCPC
- SSD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SSD
- WLK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WLK
- MT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MT
- BAK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BAK
- SHI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHI
- RXN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RXN
- VHI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VHI
- GFI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GFI
- PKX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PKX
- CLF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLF
- TNH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TNH
- CIR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CIR
- AGU: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AGU
- MATW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MATW
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