Basic materials stocks finished up 0.1% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3%, the Nasdaq fell 0.2% and the S&P 500 declined 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is up 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Iamgold Corp (IAG): IAG stock is up 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE): GPRE stock is up 1.8% today.
- Cytec Industries Inc (CYT): CYT stock is up 1.7% to a new 52-week high of $103.83.
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is up 1.5% today.
- Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (LYB): LYB stock is up 1.4% today.
- Balchem Corp (BCPC): BCPC stock is up 1.4% today.
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK): BAK stock is up 1.3% today.
- Newmont Mining Corp (NEM): NEM stock is up 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- A. Schulman (SHLM): SHLM stock is up 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Mueller Industries (MLI): MLI stock is down 1.0% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM): SIM stock is down 0.9% today.
- Simpson Manufacturing Company (SSD): SSD stock is down 0.9% today on 4 times normal volume.
- Ternium S.A. (TX): TX stock is down 0.9% today.
- Olin Corp (OLN): OLN stock is down 0.8% today.
- Silver Wheaton Corp (SLW): SLW stock is down 0.8% today.
- Bhp Billiton Limited (BHP): BHP stock is down 0.8% today.
- Commercial Metals Company (CMC): CMC stock is down 0.8% today.
- Huntsman Corp (HUN): HUN stock is down 0.7% today.
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM): SQM stock is down 0.6% 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.
