Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – RXN MUSA SWM KRO
by Portfolio Grader | August 7, 2014 11:45 am
Basic materials stocks fell on Wall Street on Thursday morning, down 0.2%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.3% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.2% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Rexnord Corp (RXN[1]): RXN stock is up 6.4% today.
- Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh (MUSA[2]): MUSA stock is up 4.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Schweitzer-Mauduit International (SWM[3]): SWM stock is up 4.2% today.
- Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO[4]): KRO stock is up 4.4% today.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF.B[5]): GEF.B stock is up 2.3% today.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO[6]): RIO stock is up 1.9% today.
- Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE[7]): GPRE stock is up 1.4% today.
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS[8]): AKS stock is up 1.2% today.
- Sun Hydraulics Corp (SNHY[9]): SNHY stock is up 1.2% today.
- Parker-Hannifin Corp (PH[10]): PH stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Polypore International Inc (PPO[11]): PPO stock is down 4.2% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH[12]): ACH stock is down 3.6% today.
- Cf Industries Holdings (CF[13]): CF stock is down 4.6% today.
- RBC Bearings Inc (ROLL[14]): ROLL stock is down 2.6% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU[15]): AU stock is down 2.4% today.
- Cvr Partners LP Common Units R (UAN[16]): UAN stock is down 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY[17]): HMY stock is down 1.9% today.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG[18]): NG stock is down 1.9% today.
- Aurico Gold Inc (AUQ[19]): AUQ stock is down 1.4% today.
- Pohang Iron & Steel Co. (PKX[20]): PKX stock is down 1.6% 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:
- RXN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/RXN-stock-quote
- MUSA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MUSA-stock-quote
- SWM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SWM-stock-quote
- KRO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/KRO-stock-quote
- GEF.B: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GEF.B-stock-quote
- RIO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/RIO-stock-quote
- GPRE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GPRE-stock-quote
- AKS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AKS-stock-quote
- SNHY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SNHY-stock-quote
- PH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PH-stock-quote
- PPO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PPO-stock-quote
- ACH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACH-stock-quote
- CF: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CF-stock-quote
- ROLL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ROLL-stock-quote
- AU: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AU-stock-quote
- UAN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/UAN-stock-quote
- HMY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HMY-stock-quote
- NG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NG-stock-quote
- AUQ: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AUQ-stock-quote
- PKX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PKX-stock-quote
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