Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – AKS SHLM X SWC
by Portfolio Grader | July 2, 2014 1:15 pm
Basic materials stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street on Wednesday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed level, the Nasdaq rose 0.2% and the S&P 500 stayed consistent.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS[1]): AKS stock is up 3.3% today and up 37.9% in the last month.
- A. Schulman (SHLM[2]): SHLM stock is up 3.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- United States Steel Corp (X[3]): X stock is up 3.0% today.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC[4]): SWC stock is up 2.8%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH[5]): ACH stock is up 2.4% today.
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY[6]): HMY stock is up 2.7% today.
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF[7]): CLF stock is up 2.9% today.
- Methanex Corp (MEOH[8]): MEOH stock is up 2.2% today.
- Celanese Corp (CE[9]): CE stock is up 1.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Monsanto Company (MON[10]): MON stock is up 1.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Balchem Corp (BCPC[11]): BCPC stock is down 1.9% today.
- Valhi Inc (VHI[12]): VHI stock is down 2.0% today.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF[13]): GEF stock is down 1.7% today.
- Glatfelter (GLT[14]): GLT stock is down 1.6% today.
- Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS[15]): KS stock is down 1.7% today.
- Polypore International Inc (PPO[16]): PPO stock is down 1.4% today.
- Leucadia National Corp (LUK[17]): LUK stock is down 1.5% today.
- Crane Company (CR[18]): CR stock is down 1.2% today.
- RPM International Inc (RPM[19]): RPM stock is down 1.2% today.
- Curtiss-Wright Corp (CW[20]): CW stock is down 1.3% 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.
Endnotes:
- AKS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AKS
- SHLM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHLM
- X: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=X
- SWC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SWC
- ACH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACH
- HMY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HMY
- CLF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLF
- MEOH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MEOH
- CE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CE
- MON: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MON
- BCPC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BCPC
- VHI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VHI
- GEF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GEF
- GLT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GLT
- KS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KS
- PPO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PPO
- LUK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LUK
- CR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CR
- RPM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RPM
- CW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CW
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