Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – GG TNH GGB CMP

by Portfolio Grader | June 23, 2014 7:00 pm

Basic materials stocks finished up 0.1% on Wall Street on Monday.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average remained flat, the Nasdaq was unchanged and the S&P 500 stayed consistent.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

• Goldcorp Inc (GG[1]): GG stock is up 2.3% today.

• Terra Nitrogen Company L.P. (TNH[2]): TNH stock is up 1.9% today.

• Gerdau S.A. (GGB[3]): GGB stock is up 1.8% today.

• Compass Minerals Intl Inc (CMP[4]): CMP stock is up 1.7% to $94.37, near the 52-week high of $94.33.

• New Gold Inc (NGD[5]): NGD stock is up 1.7% today and up 23.8% in the last month.

• Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU[6]): AU stock is up 1.5% today.

• Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN[7]): BVN stock is up 1.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Teck Resources Ltd (TCK[8]): TCK stock is up 1.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Aurico Gold Inc (AUQ[9]): AUQ stock is up 1.4% today and up 20.8% in the last month.

• Ternium S.A. (TX[10]): TX stock is up 1.4% today.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

• Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI[11]): IPI stock is down 3.1% today.

• Novagold Resources Inc (NG[12]): NG stock is down 2.5% today.

• Cvr Partners LP Common Units R (UAN[13]): UAN stock is down 2.3% today.

• Steel Dynamics (STLD[14]): STLD stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Georgia Gulf Corp (AXLL[15]): AXLL stock is down 1.3% today.

• Rexnord Corp (RXN[16]): RXN stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Precision Castparts Corp (PCP[17]): PCP stock is down 1.2% today.

• Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK[18]): GPK stock is down 1.0% today on 2 times normal volume.

• Wd-40 Company (WDFC[19]): WDFC stock is down 1.0% today.

• Commercial Metals Company (CMC[20]): CMC stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

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And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[23].

Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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