Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – AKS FOE MLI SSD
by Portfolio Grader | August 4, 2014 6:00 pm
Basic materials stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Monday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.2%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.7% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.7% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.7% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS[1]): AKS stock is up 2.7% today.
- Ferro Corp (FOE[2]): FOE stock is up 2.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Mueller Industries (MLI[3]): MLI stock is up 2.6% today.
- Simpson Manufacturing Company (SSD[4]): SSD stock is up 2.1% today.
- Stepan Company (SCL[5]): SCL stock is up 2.1% today.
- Calgon Carbon Corp (CCC[6]): CCC stock is up 2.1% today.
- Polyone Corp (POL[7]): POL stock is up 2.1% today.
- Chemtura Corp (CHMT[8]): CHMT stock is up 2.0% today.
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE[9]): SEE stock is up 2.0% today.
- Mosaic Company (MOS[10]): MOS stock is up 2.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN[11]): BVN stock is down 1.7% today.
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM[12]): HBM stock is down 1.5% today.
- Goldcorp Inc (GG[13]): GG stock is down 1.0% today.
- Randgold Resources Limited (GOLD[14]): GOLD stock is down 0.8%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Cvr Partners LP Common Units R (UAN[15]): UAN stock is down 0.6% today.
- Enpro Industries (NPO[16]): NPO stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Owens-Illinois (OI[17]): OI stock is down 0.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF[18]): GEF stock is down 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Silver Wheaton Corp (SLW[19]): SLW stock is down 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Actuant Corp (ATU[20]): ATU stock is down 0.2%, 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.
Endnotes:
- AKS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AKS-stock-quote
- FOE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/FOE-stock-quote
- MLI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MLI-stock-quote
- SSD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SSD-stock-quote
- SCL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SCL-stock-quote
- CCC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CCC-stock-quote
- POL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/POL-stock-quote
- CHMT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CHMT-stock-quote
- SEE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SEE-stock-quote
- MOS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MOS-stock-quote
- BVN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BVN-stock-quote
- HBM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HBM-stock-quote
- GG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GG-stock-quote
- GOLD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GOLD-stock-quote
- UAN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/UAN-stock-quote
- NPO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NPO-stock-quote
- OI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/OI-stock-quote
- GEF: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GEF-stock-quote
- SLW: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SLW-stock-quote
- ATU: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ATU-stock-quote
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