Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – SID PAAS PKX HMY
by Portfolio Grader | June 24, 2014 12:00 pm
Basic materials stocks declined on Wall Street on Tuesday morning, down 0.4%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%, the Nasdaq was up 0.2% and the S&P 500 was down 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- National Steel Corp (SID[1]): SID stock is up 3.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Pan American Silver (PAAS[2]): PAAS stock is up 1.2% today.
- Pohang Iron & Steel Co. (PKX[3]): PKX stock is up 2.0% today.
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY[4]): HMY stock is up 1.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- First Majestic Silver (AG[5]): AG stock is up 1.5% today and up 20.4% in the last month.
- Methanex Corp (MEOH[6]): MEOH stock is up 1.9% today.
- Royal Gold (RGLD[7]): RGLD stock is up 1.0% to a new 52-week high of $76.03.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU[8]): AU stock is up 1.5% today.
- Hecla Mining Company (HL[9]): HL stock is up 1.2% today.
- Iamgold Corp (IAG[10]): IAG stock is up 1.0% today and up 28.3% in the last month.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Syngenta Ag (SYT[11]): SYT stock is down 2.2% today.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO[12]): RIO stock is down 1.8% today.
- Rockwood Holdings (ROC[13]): ROC stock is down 1.3% today.
- Ferro Corp (FOE[14]): FOE stock is down 1.6% today.
- Aurico Gold Inc (AUQ[15]): AUQ stock is down 1.4% today.
- Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI[16]): ATI stock is down 1.8% today.
- Crown Cork & Seal Company (CCK[17]): CCK stock is down 1.2% today.
- Cf Industries Holdings (CF[18]): CF stock is down 1.1% today.
- Southern Peru Copper Corp (SCCO[19]): SCCO stock is down 1.3% today.
- Domtar Corp (UFS[20]): UFS stock is down 1.0% today and down 51.7% in the last month.
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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.
Endnotes:
- SID: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SID
- PAAS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PAAS
- PKX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PKX
- HMY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HMY
- AG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AG
- MEOH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MEOH
- RGLD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RGLD
- AU: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AU
- HL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HL
- IAG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IAG
- SYT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SYT
- RIO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RIO
- ROC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ROC
- FOE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FOE
- AUQ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUQ
- ATI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ATI
- CCK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CCK
- CF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CF
- SCCO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SCCO
- UFS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=UFS
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