Basic materials stocks finished up broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.1%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%, the Nasdaq rose 0.2% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.1%.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

• Ternium S.A. (TX): TX stock is up 4.2% today.

• Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is up 3.7% today on 2 times normal volume.

• Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is up 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is up 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is up 2.0% today and up 31.6% in the last month.

• New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is up 1.9% today.

• National Steel Corp (SID): SID stock is up 1.9% today.

• Rio Tinto Plc (RIO): RIO stock is up 1.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Yamana Gold (AUY): AUY stock is up 1.8% today.

• Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM): SQM stock is up 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

• Sealed Air Corp (SEE): SEE stock is down 2.0% today.

• Olin Corp (OLN): OLN stock is down 1.9% today.

• Mueller Water Products (MWA): MWA stock is down 1.7% today.

• Albany International Corp (AIN): AIN stock is down 1.7% today.

• Om Group (OMG): OMG stock is down 1.3% today.

• Innophos Holdings (IPHS): IPHS stock is down 1.3% today.

• Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG): SMG stock is down 1.2% today.

• Wd-40 Company (WDFC): WDFC stock is down 1.2% today.

• Encore Wire Corp (WIRE): WIRE stock is down 1.2% today.

• Aptargroup (ATR): ATR stock is down 1.1% 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.