Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – GPK FBR CW PCP

by Portfolio Grader | July 30, 2014 6:45 pm

Basic materials stocks finished down on Wall Street today, down 0.5%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was steady, the Nasdaq was up 0.4% and the S&P 500 stayed consistent.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

• Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK[1]): GPK stock is up 1.0% today.

• Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR[2]): FBR stock is up 0.9% today.

• Curtiss-Wright Corp (CW[3]): CW stock is up 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Precision Castparts Corp (PCP[4]): PCP stock is up 0.7% today.

• Actuant Corp (ATU[5]): ATU stock is up 0.6% today.

• Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW[6]): CLW stock is up 0.6% today.

• Kaiser Aluminum Corp (KALU[7]): KALU stock is up 0.6% today.

• Enpro Industries (NPO[8]): NPO stock is up 0.6% today.

• RBC Bearings Inc (ROLL[9]): ROLL stock is up 0.4% today.

• Praxair (PX[10]): PX stock is up 0.4% today.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

• Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI[11]): ATI stock is down 3.3%, marking the eighth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM[12]): SQM stock is down 3.1% today.

• Owens-Illinois (OI[13]): OI stock is down 2.8% today on 2 times normal volume.

• Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF[14]): CLF stock is down 2.2% today.

• Valhi Inc (VHI[15]): VHI stock is down 2.1% today.

• DOW Chemical Company (DOW[16]): DOW stock is down 1.8%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• W.R. Grace & Company (GRA[17]): GRA stock is down 1.8% today.

• Polyone Corp (POL[18]): POL stock is down 1.6% today.

• Goldcorp Inc (GG[19]): GG stock is down 1.6% today.

• Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM[20]): SIM stock is down 1.5% 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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