Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – MLI SCL SHW LYB
by Portfolio Grader | May 9, 2014 5:45 pm
Basic materials stocks finished flat on Friday on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%, the Nasdaq was up 0.4% and the S&P 500 increased 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Mueller Industries (MLI[1]): MLI stock is up 1.6% today.
- Stepan Company (SCL[2]): SCL stock is up 1.6% today.
- Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW[3]): SHW stock is up 1.2% today.
- Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (LYB[4]): LYB stock is up 1.1% today.
- Balchem Corp (BCPC[5]): BCPC stock is up 1.0% today.
- RBC Bearings Inc (ROLL[6]): ROLL stock is up 1.0% today.
- Mueller Water Products (MWA[7]): MWA stock is up 0.9% today.
- Ball Corp (BLL[8]): BLL stock is up 0.9% to a new 52-week high of $58.64.
- Albany International Corp (AIN[9]): AIN stock is up 0.9% today.
- A. Schulman (SHLM[10]): SHLM stock is up 0.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK[11]): BAK stock is down 3.1% today.
- Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR[12]): FBR stock is down 2.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Cf Industries Holdings (CF[13]): CF stock is down 2.4% today.
- Steel Dynamics (STLD[14]): STLD stock is down 1.8% today.
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM[15]): SQM stock is down 1.4% today.
- Vale S.A. (VALE[16]): VALE stock is down 1.0% today.
- Ashland Inc (ASH[17]): ASH stock is down 1.0% today.
- Bhp Billiton Limited (BHP[18]): BHP stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Celanese Corp (CE[19]): CE stock is down 1.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Rexnord Corp (RXN[20]): RXN stock is down 1.0% 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:
- MLI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MLI
- SCL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SCL
- SHW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHW
- LYB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LYB
- BCPC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BCPC
- ROLL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ROLL
- MWA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MWA
- BLL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BLL
- AIN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AIN
- SHLM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHLM
- BAK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BAK
- FBR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FBR
- CF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CF
- STLD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=STLD
- SQM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SQM
- VALE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VALE
- ASH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ASH
- BHP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BHP
- CE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CE
- RXN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RXN
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