Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – VAL SWC AU GFI
by Portfolio Grader | May 19, 2014 10:45 am
Basic materials stocks advanced 0.6% on Wall Street so far on Monday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1%, the Nasdaq increased 0.2% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.1% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Valspar Corp (VAL[1]): VAL stock is up 3.2% today.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC[2]): SWC stock is up 3.3% to a new 52-week high of $16.82.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU[3]): AU stock is up 2.5% today.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI[4]): GFI stock is up 2.8% today.
- Ferro Corp (FOE[5]): FOE stock is up 2.2% today.
- RPM International Inc (RPM[6]): RPM stock is up 1.8% today.
- Huntsman Corp (HUN[7]): HUN stock is up 1.5% today.
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM[8]): SQM stock is up 1.4% today.
- Westlake Chemical Corp (WLK[9]): WLK stock is up 1.5% today.
- Quaker Chemical Corp (KWR[10]): KWR stock is up 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR[11]): FBR stock is down 3.6% to a new 52-week low of $9.61.
- Domtar Corp (UFS[12]): UFS stock is down 2.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Vale S.A. (VALE[13]): VALE stock is down 1.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO[14]): RIO stock is down 1.5% today.
- National Steel Corp (SID[15]): SID stock is down 1.2% today.
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK[16]): BAK stock is down 1.4% today.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF.B[17]): GEF.B stock is down 1.3% today.
- Gerdau S.A. (GGB[18]): GGB stock is down 1.6% today.
- Barrick Gold Corp (ABX[19]): ABX stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Bhp Billiton Limited (BHP[20]): BHP stock is down 0.9%, 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:
- VAL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VAL
- SWC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SWC
- AU: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AU
- GFI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GFI
- FOE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FOE
- RPM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RPM
- HUN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HUN
- SQM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SQM
- WLK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WLK
- KWR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KWR
- FBR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FBR
- UFS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=UFS
- VALE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VALE
- RIO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RIO
- SID: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SID
- BAK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BAK
- GEF.B: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GEF.B
- GGB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GGB
- ABX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABX
- BHP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BHP
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