Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – PAAS SWC TNH ABX
by Portfolio Grader | August 7, 2014 5:45 pm
Basic materials stocks finished down broadly on Wall Street on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.9%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.5%, the Nasdaq declined 0.3% and the S&P 500 was down 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Pan American Silver (PAAS[1]): PAAS stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC[2]): SWC stock is up 0.8% today.
- Terra Nitrogen Company L.P. (TNH[3]): TNH stock is up 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Barrick Gold Corp (ABX[4]): ABX stock is up 0.7% today.
- Kaman Corp (KAMN[5]): KAMN stock is up 0.6% today.
- Circor International (CIR[6]): CIR stock is up 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Plum Creek Timber Company (PCL[7]): PCL stock is up 0.4% today.
- Newmont Mining Corp (NEM[8]): NEM stock is up 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK[9]): GPK stock is up 0.3% today.
- Wd-40 Company (WDFC[10]): WDFC stock is up 0.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM[11]): SIM stock is down 2.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Alcoa Inc (AA[12]): AA stock is down 2.7% today.
- Olin Corp (OLN[13]): OLN stock is down 2.1% today.
- Ferro Corp (FOE[14]): FOE stock is down 2.1% today.
- Enpro Industries (NPO[15]): NPO stock is down 2.0% today.
- Mueller Water Products (MWA[16]): MWA stock is down 1.8% today.
- Cameco Corp (CCJ[17]): CCJ stock is down 1.8% today.
- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc (POT[18]): POT stock is down 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Mosaic Company (MOS[19]): MOS stock is down 1.7% today.
- Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI[20]): IPI stock is down 1.7% 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:
- PAAS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PAAS-stock-quote
- SWC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SWC-stock-quote
- TNH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TNH-stock-quote
- ABX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ABX-stock-quote
- KAMN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/KAMN-stock-quote
- CIR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CIR-stock-quote
- PCL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PCL-stock-quote
- NEM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NEM-stock-quote
- GPK: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GPK-stock-quote
- WDFC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/WDFC-stock-quote
- SIM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SIM-stock-quote
- AA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AA-stock-quote
- OLN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/OLN-stock-quote
- FOE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/FOE-stock-quote
- NPO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NPO-stock-quote
- MWA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MWA-stock-quote
- CCJ: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CCJ-stock-quote
- POT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/POT-stock-quote
- MOS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MOS-stock-quote
- IPI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IPI-stock-quote
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