Basic materials stocks rose 0.3% on Wall Street on Monday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, the Nasdaq increased 0.5% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- United States Steel Corp (X): X stock is up 3.2% today.
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is up 1.8% today.
- Westlake Chemical Corp (WLK): WLK stock is up 1.5% today.
- Century Aluminum Company (CENX): CENX stock is up 1.3% today and up 26.2% in the last month.
- Ferro Corp (FOE): FOE stock is up 1.3% today.
- Sonoco Products Company (SON): SON stock is up 1.1% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is up 1.1% today.
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS): AKS stock is up 0.9% today.
- Circor International (CIR): CIR stock is up 1.0% today.
- Syngenta Ag (SYT): SYT stock is up 0.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF.B): GEF.B stock is down 8.1% today.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF): GEF stock is down 6.1% today.
- Royal Gold (RGLD): RGLD stock is down 2.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is down 1.8% today.
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY): HMY stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Iamgold Corp (IAG): IAG stock is down 1.0% today.
- Hecla Mining Company (HL): HL stock is down 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Silver Wheaton Corp (SLW): SLW stock is down 1.2% today.
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF): CLF stock is down 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is down 1.2%, marking the third 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.
