Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – SIM SHI PPO OMG
by Portfolio Grader | June 24, 2014 6:15 pm
Basic materials stocks declined 0.9% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.6%, the Nasdaq stayed the same and the S&P 500 fell 0.6%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM[1]): SIM stock is up 3.7% today.
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI[2]): SHI stock is up 0.4% today.
- Polypore International Inc (PPO[3]): PPO stock is up 0.4% to a new 52-week high of $47.56.
- Om Group (OMG[4]): OMG stock is up 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Plum Creek Timber Company (PCL[5]): PCL stock is up 0.3% today.
- Wd-40 Company (WDFC[6]): WDFC stock is up 0.2% today.
- Albany International Corp (AIN[7]): AIN stock is up 0.2% today.
- Gerdau S.A. (GGB[8]): GGB stock is up 0.2% today.
- Stepan Company (SCL[9]): SCL stock is up 0.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF[10]): CLF stock is down 4.2% today.
- New Gold Inc (NGD[11]): NGD stock is down 3.8% today.
- Olin Corp (OLN[12]): OLN stock is down 3.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI[13]): IPI stock is down 3.1% today.
- Iamgold Corp (IAG[14]): IAG stock is down 2.9% today.
- Precision Castparts Corp (PCP[15]): PCP stock is down 2.8% today.
- Pan American Silver (PAAS[16]): PAAS stock is down 2.7% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU[17]): AU stock is down 2.5% today.
- Century Aluminum Company (CENX[18]): CENX stock is down 2.5% today.
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY[19]): HMY stock is down 2.3% 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.
Endnotes:
- SIM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SIM
- SHI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHI
- PPO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PPO
- OMG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OMG
- PCL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PCL
- WDFC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WDFC
- AIN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AIN
- GGB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GGB
- SCL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SCL
- CLF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLF
- NGD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NGD
- OLN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OLN
- IPI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IPI
- IAG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IAG
- PCP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PCP
- PAAS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PAAS
- AU: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AU
- CENX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CENX
- HMY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HMY
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