Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – GFI AUQ NGD NG
by Portfolio Grader | August 28, 2014 1:00 pm
Basic materials stocks declined broadly on Wall Street on Thursday morning, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.4%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3%, the Nasdaq declined 0.3% and the S&P 500 was down 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI[1]): GFI stock is up 3.3% today.
- Aurico Gold Inc (AUQ[2]): AUQ stock is up 1.6% today.
- New Gold Inc (NGD[3]): NGD stock is up 1.7% today.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG[4]): NG stock is up 1.6% today.
- Goldcorp Inc (GG[5]): GG stock is up 1.6% today.
- Randgold Resources Limited (GOLD[6]): GOLD stock is up 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Newmont Mining Corp (NEM[7]): NEM stock is up 1.4% today.
- Pan American Silver (PAAS[8]): PAAS stock is up 1.4% today.
- Rexnord Corp (RXN[9]): RXN stock is up 1.2% today.
- Yamana Gold (AUY[10]): AUY stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF[11]): CLF stock is down 5.4% today.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO[12]): RIO stock is down 3.4% today.
- Century Aluminum Company (CENX[13]): CENX stock is down 3.5% today.
- Vale S.A. (VALE[14]): VALE stock is down 3.4% today.
- National Steel Corp (SID[15]): SID stock is down 3.0% today.
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS[16]): AKS stock is down 2.5% today.
- United States Steel Corp (X[17]): X stock is down 2.3% today.
- Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL[18]): BBL stock is down 2.3% today.
- Gerdau S.A. (GGB[19]): GGB stock is down 2.2% today.
- Arcelormittal (MT[20]): MT stock is down 2.1% 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:
- GFI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GFI-stock-quote
- AUQ: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AUQ-stock-quote
- NGD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NGD-stock-quote
- NG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NG-stock-quote
- GG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GG-stock-quote
- GOLD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GOLD-stock-quote
- NEM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NEM-stock-quote
- PAAS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PAAS-stock-quote
- RXN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/RXN-stock-quote
- AUY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AUY-stock-quote
- CLF: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CLF-stock-quote
- RIO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/RIO-stock-quote
- CENX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CENX-stock-quote
- VALE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/VALE-stock-quote
- SID: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SID-stock-quote
- AKS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AKS-stock-quote
- X: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/X-stock-quote
- BBL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BBL-stock-quote
- GGB: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GGB-stock-quote
- MT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MT-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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