Basic materials stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.1%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%, the Nasdaq stayed level and the S&P 500 pushed 0.1% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

• Monsanto Company (MON): MON stock is up 5.3% to a new 52-week high of $126.97.

• Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is up 2.5% today.

• Yamana Gold (AUY): AUY stock is up 2.6% today.

• National Steel Corp (SID): SID stock is up 1.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Ball Corp (BLL): BLL stock is up 1.9% to a new 52-week high of $62.55.

• AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS): AKS stock is up 1.6% today.

• Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is up 1.4% today.

• Novagold Resources Inc (NG): NG stock is up 1.7% today and up 39.8% in the last month.

• Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is up 1.6% today and up 24.1% in the last month.

• Aurico Gold Inc (AUQ): AUQ stock is up 1.7% today.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

• Arcelormittal (MT): MT stock is down 1.6% today.

• Syngenta Ag (SYT): SYT stock is down 1.3% today.

• Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF): CLF stock is down 1.0% today.

• Precision Castparts Corp (PCP): PCP stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Methanex Corp (MEOH): MEOH stock is down 0.9% today.

• Georgia Gulf Corp (AXLL): AXLL stock is down 0.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Circor International (CIR): CIR stock is down 0.6%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Southern Peru Copper Corp (SCCO): SCCO stock is down 0.5% today.

• Crown Cork & Seal Company (CCK): CCK stock is down 0.3% 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.