Basic materials stocks rose 0.8% on Wall Street on Friday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.8%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.8% and the S&P 500 increased 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Meadwestvaco Corp (MWV): MWV stock is up 2.1% today.
- Cf Industries Holdings (CF): CF stock is up 1.8%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI): ATI stock is up 1.7% today.
- W.R. Grace & Company (GRA): GRA stock is up 1.6% today.
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM): SIM stock is up 1.6% today.
- Air Products and Chemicals (APD): APD stock is up 1.5% today.
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE): SEE stock is up 1.5% today.
- Ashland Inc (ASH): ASH stock is up 1.5% today.
- Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW): SHW stock is up 1.4% today.
- Sasol Ltd (SSL): SSL stock is up 1.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is down 1.9% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is down 1.2% today and down 24.3% in the last month.
- New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is down 1.2% today.
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS): AKS stock is down 1.0% today.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF): GEF stock is down 0.8% today.
- Crane Company (CR): CR stock is down 0.7% today.
- Kaiser Aluminum Corp (KALU): KALU stock is down 0.7% today.
- Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh (MUSA): MUSA stock is down 0.6% today.
- Royal Gold (RGLD): RGLD stock is down 0.5% today.
- Freeport-Mcmoran Inc. (FCX): FCX stock is down 0.5% 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.
