Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – CRS UFS PH CLW

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Basic materials stocks declined broadly on Wall Street on Thursday morning, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.1%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.9%, the Nasdaq was up 1.0% and the S&P 500 increased 0.9%.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

  • Carpenter Technology Corp (CRS): CRS stock is up 7.9% today.
  • Domtar Corp (UFS): UFS stock is up 7.7% today.
  • Parker-Hannifin Corp (PH): PH stock is up 6.9% today.
  • Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW): CLW stock is up 4.1% today.
  • Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh (MUSA): MUSA stock is up 3.1% today.
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is up 2.4% today.
  • Albemarle Corp (ALB): ALB stock is up 2.1% today.
  • Trex Company (TREX): TREX stock is up 1.9% today.
  • Dover Corp (DOV): DOV stock is up 1.8% today.
  • United States Steel Corp (X): X stock is up 1.7% today.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

  • Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF): CLF stock is down 4.3% today and down 30.1% in the last month.
  • Precision Castparts Corp (PCP): PCP stock is down 3.4% today.
  • Bemis Company (BMS): BMS stock is down 3.3% today.
  • Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is down 3.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
  • Nucor Corp (NUE): NUE stock is down 2.4% today.
  • Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is down 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
  • Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is down 1.5% today.
  • Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company (RS): RS stock is down 1.8% today.
  • Royal Gold (RGLD): RGLD stock is down 1.7% today.
  • Newmont Mining Corp (NEM): NEM stock is down 1.5% 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.


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