Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – FOE CENX CW GG

by Portfolio Grader | July 31, 2014 11:45 am

Basic materials stocks declined broadly on Wall Street so far on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.5%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6%, the Nasdaq was down 0.7% and the S&P 500 fell 0.6%.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

• Ferro Corp (FOE[1]): FOE stock is up 5.6% today.

• Century Aluminum Company (CENX[2]): CENX stock is up 5.1% today and up 21.3% in the last month.

• Curtiss-Wright Corp (CW[3]): CW stock is up 3.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Goldcorp Inc (GG[4]): GG stock is up 1.3% today.

• Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI[5]): IPI stock is up 1.3% today.

• Syngenta Ag (SYT[6]): SYT stock is up 1.2% today.

• Vale S.A. (VALE[7]): VALE stock is up 1.0% today.

• Chemtura Corp (CHMT[8]): CHMT stock is up 0.8% today.

• Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF[9]): CLF stock is up 0.7% today.

• Yamana Gold (AUY[10]): AUY stock is up 0.7% today.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

• Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS[11]): KS stock is down 10.5% today.

• Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM[12]): AEM stock is down 6.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Cvr Partners LP Common Units R (UAN[13]): UAN stock is down 6.2% today.

• Stillwater Mining Company (SWC[14]): SWC stock is down 5.1% today.

• Cabot Corp (CBT[15]): CBT stock is down 5.0%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY[16]): HMY stock is down 3.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Glatfelter (GLT[17]): GLT stock is down 2.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU[18]): AU stock is down 2.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Gold Fields Ltd (GFI[19]): GFI stock is down 2.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Hecla Mining Company (HL[20]): HL stock is down 3.0% 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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