Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – SEE GRA VHI AXLL
by Portfolio Grader | August 14, 2014 6:30 pm
Basic materials stocks finished flat on Thursday on Wall Street.
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:
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE[1]): SEE stock is up 2.5% today.
- W.R. Grace & Company (GRA[2]): GRA stock is up 1.3% today.
- Valhi Inc (VHI[3]): VHI stock is up 1.2% today.
- Georgia Gulf Corp (AXLL[4]): AXLL stock is up 0.9% today.
- Domtar Corp (UFS[5]): UFS stock is up 0.9% today.
- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc (POT[6]): POT stock is up 0.8% today.
- Trex Company (TREX[7]): TREX stock is up 0.8% today and up 29.8% in the last month.
- Polypore International Inc (PPO[8]): PPO stock is up 0.8% today.
- Crane Company (CR[9]): CR stock is up 0.8%, marking the seventh consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Agrium Inc (AGU[10]): AGU stock is up 0.8% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO[11]): EGO stock is down 1.6% today.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG[12]): NG stock is down 1.3% today.
- Albemarle Corp (ALB[13]): ALB stock is down 1.2% today.
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY[14]): HMY stock is down 1.0% today.
- Hecla Mining Company (HL[15]): HL stock is down 0.9% today.
- Goldcorp Inc (GG[16]): GG stock is down 0.9% today.
- Dominion Diamond Corp (DDC[17]): DDC stock is down 0.8% today.
- DOW Chemical Company (DOW[18]): DOW stock is down 0.7% today.
- Cvr Partners LP Common Units R (UAN[19]): UAN stock is down 0.7% today.
- Innophos Holdings (IPHS[20]): IPHS stock is down 0.7% 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:
- SEE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SEE-stock-quote
- GRA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GRA-stock-quote
- VHI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/VHI-stock-quote
- AXLL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AXLL-stock-quote
- UFS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/UFS-stock-quote
- POT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/POT-stock-quote
- TREX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TREX-stock-quote
- PPO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PPO-stock-quote
- CR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CR-stock-quote
- AGU: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AGU-stock-quote
- EGO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/EGO-stock-quote
- NG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NG-stock-quote
- ALB: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ALB-stock-quote
- HMY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HMY-stock-quote
- HL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HL-stock-quote
- GG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GG-stock-quote
- DDC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/DDC-stock-quote
- DOW: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/DOW-stock-quote
- UAN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/UAN-stock-quote
- IPHS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IPHS-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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