Basic materials stocks finished flat today on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.8% and the S&P 500 increased 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Rexnord Corp (RXN): RXN stock is up 1.3% today.
- Air Products and Chemicals (APD): APD stock is up 1.2% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Matthews International Corp (MATW): MATW stock is up 1.1% today.
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC): MRC stock is up 1.0% today.
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM): SIM stock is up 1.0% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI): ATI stock is up 0.9% today.
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM): SQM stock is up 0.7% today.
- Eastman Chemical Company (EMN): EMN stock is up 0.7% today.
- Polypore International Inc (PPO): PPO stock is up 0.7% today.
- Stepan Company (SCL): SCL stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is down 1.6% today.
- Ternium S.A. (TX): TX stock is down 1.5% today.
- Sonoco Products Company (SON): SON stock is down 1.5% today.
- Schweitzer-Mauduit International (SWM): SWM stock is down 1.2% today.
- Carpenter Technology Corp (CRS): CRS stock is down 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is down 1.1% today.
- Goldcorp Inc (GG): GG stock is down 1.1% today.
- Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is down 1.1% today.
- Southern Peru Copper Corp (SCCO): SCCO stock is down 1.0% today.
- Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM): AEM stock is down 1.0% 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.
