Basic materials stocks rose 0.1% on Wall Street so far on Monday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was unchanged, the Nasdaq climbed 0.3% and the S&P 500 was steady.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Ferro Corp (FOE): FOE stock is up 2.1% today.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF): GEF stock is up 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Arcelormittal (MT): MT stock is up 1.4% today.
- FMC Corp (FMC): FMC stock is up 1.4% today.
- Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS): KS stock is up 1.2% today.
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE): SEE stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Albemarle Corp (ALB): ALB stock is up 0.9% today.
- Cabot Corp (CBT): CBT stock is up 1.0% today.
- Ternium S.A. (TX): TX stock is up 0.9% today.
- Raven Industries (RAVN): RAVN stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY): HMY stock is down 3.6% today.
- Pan American Silver (PAAS): PAAS stock is down 3.1% today.
- Yamana Gold (AUY): AUY stock is down 3.1%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Century Aluminum Company (CENX): CENX stock is down 2.5% today.
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS): AKS stock is down 2.9% today.
- First Majestic Silver (AG): AG stock is down 2.5% today.
- Iamgold Corp (IAG): IAG stock is down 2.2%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is down 2.5% today.
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF): CLF stock is down 2.6%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is down 2.4% 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.
