Basic materials stocks rose 0.1% on Wall Street so far on Wednesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%, the Nasdaq was up 0.2% and the S&P 500 rose 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Alcoa Inc (AA): AA stock is up 2.6% to a new 52-week high of $15.24.
- Dominion Diamond Corp (DDC): DDC stock is up 2.5% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is up 2.2% today.
- Iamgold Corp (IAG): IAG stock is up 2.3% today.
- New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is up 1.9% today.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is up 1.8% today.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC): SWC stock is up 2.0% today.
- Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is up 2.0% today.
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY): HMY stock is up 1.6% today.
- Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is up 1.6% today and up 27.1% in the last month.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM): SQM stock is down 2.6% today.
- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc (POT): POT stock is down 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- A. Schulman (SHLM): SHLM stock is down 1.5% today.
- Celanese Corp (CE): CE stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Sonoco Products Company (SON): SON stock is down 1.1% today.
- Arcelormittal (MT): MT stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Mosaic Company (MOS): MOS stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI): IPI stock is down 1.1%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Plum Creek Timber Company (PCL): PCL stock is down 0.9% today.
- Om Group (OMG): OMG stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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.
