Biggest Movers in Basic Materials Stocks Now – SHI UFS AKS SID
by Portfolio Grader | August 19, 2014 12:00 pm
Basic materials stocks advanced 0.2% on Wall Street on Tuesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.3% higher, the Nasdaq increased 0.3% and the S&P 500 was up 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI[1]): SHI stock is up 6.0% today.
- Domtar Corp (UFS[2]): UFS stock is up 5.4% today.
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS[3]): AKS stock is up 1.6% today and up 24.5% in the last month.
- National Steel Corp (SID[4]): SID stock is up 1.7% today.
- Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS[5]): KS stock is up 1.4% today.
- United States Steel Corp (X[6]): X stock is up 1.5% today.
- Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE[7]): GPRE stock is up 1.3% today.
- Simpson Manufacturing Company (SSD[8]): SSD stock is up 1.2% today.
- Raven Industries (RAVN[9]): RAVN stock is up 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Cf Industries Holdings (CF[10]): CF stock is up 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL[11]): BBL stock is down 5.7% today.
- Bhp Billiton Limited (BHP[12]): BHP stock is down 3.4% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH[13]): ACH stock is down 2.2% today.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO[14]): RIO stock is down 1.5% today.
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF[15]): CLF stock is down 1.5% today.
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC[16]): MRC stock is down 1.4% today.
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK[17]): BAK stock is down 1.0% today.
- Southern Peru Copper Corp (SCCO[18]): SCCO stock is down 1.0% today.
- Cvr Partners LP Common Units R (UAN[19]): UAN stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU[20]): AU stock is down 0.9% 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:
- SHI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SHI-stock-quote
- UFS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/UFS-stock-quote
- AKS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AKS-stock-quote
- SID: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SID-stock-quote
- KS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/KS-stock-quote
- X: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/X-stock-quote
- GPRE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GPRE-stock-quote
- SSD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SSD-stock-quote
- RAVN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/RAVN-stock-quote
- CF: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CF-stock-quote
- BBL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BBL-stock-quote
- BHP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BHP-stock-quote
- ACH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACH-stock-quote
- RIO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/RIO-stock-quote
- CLF: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CLF-stock-quote
- MRC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MRC-stock-quote
- BAK: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BAK-stock-quote
- SCCO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SCCO-stock-quote
- UAN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/UAN-stock-quote
- AU: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AU-stock-quote
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