Biggest Movers in Basic Materials Stocks Now – X SEE AKS HUN
by Portfolio Grader | July 30, 2014 12:45 pm
Basic materials stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.5%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.4% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.6% and the S&P 500 increased 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- United States Steel Corp (X[1]): X stock is up 15.5% today and up 20.2% in the last month.
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE[2]): SEE stock is up 4.7% today.
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS[3]): AKS stock is up 3.8% today.
- Huntsman Corp (HUN[4]): HUN stock is up 3.8% today.
- Newmarket Corp (NEU[5]): NEU stock is up 2.2% today.
- Terra Nitrogen Company L.P. (TNH[6]): TNH stock is up 1.8% today.
- Packaging Corporation of America (PKG[7]): PKG stock is up 1.7% today.
- Arcelormittal (MT[8]): MT stock is up 1.8% today.
- Steel Dynamics (STLD[9]): STLD stock is up 1.6% today and up 21.1% in the last month.
- Balchem Corp (BCPC[10]): BCPC stock is up 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Chemtura Corp (CHMT[11]): CHMT stock is down 6.0% today.
- Domtar Corp (UFS[12]): UFS stock is down 3.1% today.
- Ternium S.A. (TX[13]): TX stock is down 2.7% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH[14]): ACH stock is down 2.6% today.
- Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE[15]): GPRE stock is down 2.2% today.
- Aurico Gold Inc (AUQ[16]): AUQ stock is down 1.9% today.
- Gerdau S.A. (GGB[17]): GGB stock is down 1.9% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU[18]): AU stock is down 1.9% today.
- New Gold Inc (NGD[19]): NGD stock is down 1.9% today.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG[20]): NG stock is down 1.8% today.
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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.
Endnotes:
- X: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/X-stock-quote
- SEE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SEE-stock-quote
- AKS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AKS-stock-quote
- HUN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HUN-stock-quote
- NEU: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NEU-stock-quote
- TNH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TNH-stock-quote
- PKG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PKG-stock-quote
- MT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MT-stock-quote
- STLD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/STLD-stock-quote
- BCPC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BCPC-stock-quote
- CHMT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CHMT-stock-quote
- UFS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/UFS-stock-quote
- TX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TX-stock-quote
- ACH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACH-stock-quote
- GPRE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GPRE-stock-quote
- AUQ: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AUQ-stock-quote
- GGB: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GGB-stock-quote
- AU: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AU-stock-quote
- NGD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NGD-stock-quote
- NG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NG-stock-quote
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