Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – NG NPO CMC UFS
by Portfolio Grader | July 3, 2014 6:15 pm
Basic materials stocks rose broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.6%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.5% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.6% and the S&P 500 increased 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG[1]): NG stock is up 3.3% today and up 27.0% in the last month.
- Enpro Industries (NPO[2]): NPO stock is up 2.3% today.
- Commercial Metals Company (CMC[3]): CMC stock is up 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Domtar Corp (UFS[4]): UFS stock is up 1.9% today.
- RBC Bearings Inc (ROLL[5]): ROLL stock is up 1.8% today.
- Glatfelter (GLT[6]): GLT stock is up 1.8% today.
- Freeport-Mcmoran Copper & Gold (FCX[7]): FCX stock is up 1.8% to a new 52-week high of $38.51.
- Trex Company (TREX[8]): TREX stock is up 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Owens-Illinois (OI[9]): OI stock is up 1.6% today.
- Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh (MUSA[10]): MUSA stock is up 1.6%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Only one stock in the basic materials sectors showed losses:
- Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI[11]): IPI stock is down 0.4% 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:
- NG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NG
- NPO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NPO
- CMC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CMC
- UFS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=UFS
- ROLL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ROLL
- GLT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GLT
- FCX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FCX
- TREX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TREX
- OI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OI
- MUSA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MUSA
- IPI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IPI
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