Biggest Movers in Basic Materials Stocks Now – GLT GEF.B KWR SMG
by Portfolio Grader | August 21, 2014 5:45 pm
Basic materials stocks declined on Wall Street today, down 0.1%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.3%, the Nasdaq was up 0.2% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Glatfelter (GLT[1]): GLT stock is up 3.3% today.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF.B[2]): GEF.B stock is up 2.4% today.
- Quaker Chemical Corp (KWR[3]): KWR stock is up 1.8% today.
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG[4]): SMG stock is up 1.4% today.
- Innophos Holdings (IPHS[5]): IPHS stock is up 1.3% today.
- Packaging Corporation of America (PKG[6]): PKG stock is up 1.2% today.
- Circor International (CIR[7]): CIR stock is up 1.2% today.
- Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK[8]): GPK stock is up 1.1% today.
- Meadwestvaco Corp (MWV[9]): MWV stock is up 1.1% today.
- Bemis Company (BMS[10]): BMS stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC[11]): KGC stock is down 2.7% today.
- Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh (MUSA[12]): MUSA stock is down 2.4% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH[13]): ACH stock is down 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Teck Resources Ltd (TCK[14]): TCK stock is down 1.8% today.
- National Steel Corp (SID[15]): SID stock is down 1.7% today.
- Dominion Diamond Corp (DDC[16]): DDC stock is down 1.7% today.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI[17]): GFI stock is down 1.7% today.
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM[18]): HBM stock is down 1.6% today.
- United States Steel Corp (X[19]): X stock is down 1.6% today.
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI[20]): SHI stock is down 1.6% today.
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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.
Endnotes:
- GLT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GLT-stock-quote
- GEF.B: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GEF.B-stock-quote
- KWR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/KWR-stock-quote
- SMG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SMG-stock-quote
- IPHS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IPHS-stock-quote
- PKG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PKG-stock-quote
- CIR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CIR-stock-quote
- GPK: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GPK-stock-quote
- MWV: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MWV-stock-quote
- BMS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BMS-stock-quote
- KGC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/KGC-stock-quote
- MUSA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MUSA-stock-quote
- ACH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACH-stock-quote
- TCK: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TCK-stock-quote
- SID: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SID-stock-quote
- DDC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/DDC-stock-quote
- GFI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GFI-stock-quote
- HBM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HBM-stock-quote
- X: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/X-stock-quote
- SHI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SHI-stock-quote
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