Basic materials stocks declined on Wall Street so far on Wednesday, down 0.2%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed the same, the Nasdaq stayed level and the S&P 500 was steady.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Rexnord Corp (RXN): RXN stock is up 3.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- United States Steel Corp (X): X stock is up 3.5% today.
- Compass Minerals Intl Inc (CMP): CMP stock is up 1.5% today.
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG): SMG stock is up 1.0% today.
- Ternium S.A. (TX): TX stock is up 1.0% today.
- Innophos Holdings (IPHS): IPHS stock is up 1.0% today.
- Commercial Metals Company (CMC): CMC stock is up 1.0% today.
- A. Schulman (SHLM): SHLM stock is up 0.8% today.
- Syngenta Ag (SYT): SYT stock is up 1.0% today.
- Watts Water Technologies (WTS): WTS stock is up 1.0%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Ferro Corp (FOE): FOE stock is down 5.4% today.
- Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE): GPRE stock is down 2.1% today.
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is down 2.2% today.
- Teck Resources Ltd (TCK): TCK stock is down 1.9% today.
- Sasol Ltd (SSL): SSL stock is down 1.7% today.
- Globe Specialty Metals Inc (GSM): GSM stock is down 1.5% today.
- Albany International Corp (AIN): AIN stock is down 1.2% today.
- Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR): FBR stock is down 1.0% today.
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is down 1.0% today.
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF): CLF stock is down 1.3%, marking the fourth 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.
