Basic materials stocks finished flat on Thursday on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.1%, the Nasdaq remained flat and the S&P 500 fell 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Valhi Inc (VHI): VHI stock is up 1.5% today.
- Parker-Hannifin Corp (PH): PH stock is up 1.4% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Watts Water Technologies (WTS): WTS stock is up 1.4% today.
- Nucor Corp (NUE): NUE stock is up 1.4% today.
- Balchem Corp (BCPC): BCPC stock is up 1.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Methanex Corp (MEOH): MEOH stock is up 1.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Aptargroup (ATR): ATR stock is up 0.9% today.
- Packaging Corporation of America (PKG): PKG stock is up 0.9% today.
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK): BAK stock is up 0.9% today.
- Mueller Industries (MLI): MLI stock is up 0.8% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- First Majestic Silver (AG): AG stock is down 4.9% today.
- Iamgold Corp (IAG): IAG stock is down 4.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Pan American Silver (PAAS): PAAS stock is down 4.3% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is down 3.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Yamana Gold (AUY): AUY stock is down 3.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Randgold Resources Limited (GOLD): GOLD stock is down 3.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Goldcorp Inc (GG): GG stock is down 2.9% today.
- New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is down 2.9% today.
- Newmont Mining Corp (NEM): NEM stock is down 2.7% today.
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is down 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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.
