Basic materials stocks declined 0.3% on Wall Street on Monday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1%, the Nasdaq was unchanged and the S&P 500 pushed 0.1% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO): KRO stock is up 2.4% today.
- Methanex Corp (MEOH): MEOH stock is up 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is up 2.0% today.
- Globe Specialty Metals Inc (GSM): GSM stock is up 1.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Cameco Corp (CCJ): CCJ stock is up 1.6% today.
- Vale S.A. (VALE): VALE stock is up 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Hecla Mining Company (HL): HL stock is up 1.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Curtiss-Wright Corp (CW): CW stock is up 1.4%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Terra Nitrogen Company L.P. (TNH): TNH stock is up 1.3% today.
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM): SQM stock is up 1.3% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is down 2.2% today.
- Balchem Corp (BCPC): BCPC stock is down 1.0% today.
- Celanese Corp (CE): CE stock is down 0.8% today.
- Commercial Metals Company (CMC): CMC stock is down 0.7% today.
- Sasol Ltd (SSL): SSL stock is down 0.7% today.
- Syngenta Ag (SYT): SYT stock is down 0.7% today.
- Praxair (PX): PX stock is down 0.7% today.
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE): SEE stock is down 0.6% today.
- Rockwood Holdings (ROC): ROC stock is down 0.6% today.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI 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.
