Basic materials stocks rose 0.5% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.8%, the Nasdaq rose 0.9% and the S&P 500 increased 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM): SIM stock is up 2.6% today.
- Ternium S.A. (TX): TX stock is up 2.5% today.
- Teck Resources Ltd (TCK): TCK stock is up 2.1% today.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC): SWC stock is up 2.1% today.
- Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is up 2.1% today.
- Cabot Corp (CBT): CBT stock is up 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc (POT): POT stock is up 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO): RIO stock is up 2.1% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Carpenter Technology Corp (CRS): CRS stock is up 1.6% today.
- Celanese Corp (CE): CE stock is up 1.5% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- H. B. Fuller Company (FUL): FUL stock is down 1.2% today.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF): GEF stock is down 1.1% today.
- Berry Plastics Group Inc (BERY): BERY stock is down 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Cytec Industries Inc (CYT): CYT stock is down 1.0% today.
- Crown Cork & Seal Company (CCK): CCK stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Packaging Corporation of America (PKG): PKG stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Polyone Corp (POL): POL stock is down 0.8% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW): CLW stock is down 0.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Olin Corp (OLN): OLN stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Cvr Partners LP Common Units R (UAN): UAN stock is down 0.8% 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.
