Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – AA DDC AU IAG

by Portfolio Grader | July 9, 2014 1:00 pm

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[1]): AA stock is up 2.6% to a new 52-week high of $15.24.

• Dominion Diamond Corp (DDC[2]): DDC stock is up 2.5% today.

• Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU[3]): AU stock is up 2.2% today.

• Iamgold Corp (IAG[4]): IAG stock is up 2.3% today.

• New Gold Inc (NGD[5]): NGD stock is up 1.9% today.

• Gold Fields Ltd (GFI[6]): GFI stock is up 1.8% today.

• Stillwater Mining Company (SWC[7]): SWC stock is up 2.0% today.

• Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN[8]): BVN stock is up 2.0% today.

• Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY[9]): HMY stock is up 1.6% today.

• Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO[10]): 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[11]): SQM stock is down 2.6% today.

• Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc (POT[12]): POT stock is down 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• A. Schulman (SHLM[13]): SHLM stock is down 1.5% today.

• Celanese Corp (CE[14]): CE stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Sonoco Products Company (SON[15]): SON stock is down 1.1% today.

• Arcelormittal (MT[16]): MT stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Mosaic Company (MOS[17]): MOS stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI[18]): IPI stock is down 1.1%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Plum Creek Timber Company (PCL[19]): PCL stock is down 0.9% today.

• Om Group (OMG[20]): OMG stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

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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