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.

For more information on the best stocks to buy[21] right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com[22].

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.

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