Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – CLF NG PPO MATW
by Portfolio Grader | July 29, 2014 6:30 pm
Basic materials stocks finished down broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.7%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%, the Nasdaq was down 0.2% and the S&P 500 declined 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF[1]): CLF stock is up 6.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG[2]): NG stock is up 1.5% today.
- Polypore International Inc (PPO[3]): PPO stock is up 1.4% today.
- Matthews International Corp (MATW[4]): MATW stock is up 1.0% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC[5]): SWC stock is up 0.9% today.
- Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL[6]): BBL stock is up 0.6%, marking the eighth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF.B[7]): GEF.B stock is up 0.5% today.
- Bhp Billiton Limited (BHP[8]): BHP stock is up 0.5% today.
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM[9]): HBM stock is up 0.5% today.
- Arcelormittal (MT[10]): MT stock is up 0.5% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Meadwestvaco Corp (MWV[11]): MWV stock is down 2.5% today.
- National Steel Corp (SID[12]): SID stock is down 2.1% today.
- Cabot Corp (CBT[13]): CBT stock is down 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Sonoco Products Company (SON[14]): SON stock is down 2.0% today.
- Georgia Gulf Corp (AXLL[15]): AXLL stock is down 2.0% today.
- Cytec Industries Inc (CYT[16]): CYT stock is down 1.9% today.
- Worthington Industries (WOR[17]): WOR stock is down 1.9% today.
- Polyone Corp (POL[18]): POL stock is down 1.8% today.
- Domtar Corp (UFS[19]): UFS stock is down 1.8% today.
- PPG Industries (PPG[20]): PPG stock is down 1.8% 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:
- CLF: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CLF-stock-quote
- NG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NG-stock-quote
- PPO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PPO-stock-quote
- MATW: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MATW-stock-quote
- SWC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SWC-stock-quote
- BBL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BBL-stock-quote
- GEF.B: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GEF.B-stock-quote
- BHP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BHP-stock-quote
- HBM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HBM-stock-quote
- MT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MT-stock-quote
- MWV: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MWV-stock-quote
- SID: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SID-stock-quote
- CBT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CBT-stock-quote
- SON: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SON-stock-quote
- AXLL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AXLL-stock-quote
- CYT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CYT-stock-quote
- WOR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/WOR-stock-quote
- POL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/POL-stock-quote
- UFS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/UFS-stock-quote
- PPG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PPG-stock-quote
- best stocks to buy: https://investorplace.com/category/stock-picks/stocks-to-buy/
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