Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – VALE NEU BLL LUK
by Portfolio Grader | July 24, 2014 5:45 pm
Basic materials stocks finished down broadly on Wall Street on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.1%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was unchanged, the Nasdaq was down 0.1% and the S&P 500 stayed consistent.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Vale S.A. (VALE[1]): VALE stock is up 1.5% today.
- Newmarket Corp (NEU[2]): NEU stock is up 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Ball Corp (BLL[3]): BLL stock is up 1.4% today.
- Leucadia National Corp (LUK[4]): LUK stock is up 1.4% today.
- Glatfelter (GLT[5]): GLT stock is up 1.3% today.
- Pohang Iron & Steel Co. (PKX[6]): PKX stock is up 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Syngenta Ag (SYT[7]): SYT stock is up 1.2% today.
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM[8]): SQM stock is up 1.2% today.
- Arcelormittal (MT[9]): MT stock is up 1.1% today.
- Cf Industries Holdings (CF[10]): CF stock is up 0.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Horsehead Holding (ZINC[11]): ZINC stock is down 4.5% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI[12]): GFI stock is down 2.3% today.
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS[13]): AKS stock is down 2.1% today.
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC[14]): KGC stock is down 2.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Polyone Corp (POL[15]): POL stock is down 1.8% today.
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM[16]): HBM stock is down 1.8% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE[17]): GPRE stock is down 1.7% today.
- RBC Bearings Inc (ROLL[18]): ROLL stock is down 1.7% today.
- Enpro Industries (NPO[19]): NPO stock is down 1.6% today.
- Pan American Silver (PAAS[20]): PAAS stock is down 1.6%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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:
- VALE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/VALE-stock-quote
- NEU: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NEU-stock-quote
- BLL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BLL-stock-quote
- LUK: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/LUK-stock-quote
- GLT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GLT-stock-quote
- PKX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PKX-stock-quote
- SYT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SYT-stock-quote
- SQM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SQM-stock-quote
- MT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MT-stock-quote
- CF: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CF-stock-quote
- ZINC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ZINC-stock-quote
- GFI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GFI-stock-quote
- AKS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AKS-stock-quote
- KGC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/KGC-stock-quote
- POL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/POL-stock-quote
- HBM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HBM-stock-quote
- GPRE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GPRE-stock-quote
- ROLL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ROLL-stock-quote
- NPO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NPO-stock-quote
- PAAS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PAAS-stock-quote
- best stocks to buy: https://investorplace.com/category/stock-picks/stocks-to-buy/
- InvestorPlace.com: https://investorplace.com/category/stock-picks/stocks-to-buy/
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