Basic materials stocks rose 0.1% on Wall Street so far on Wednesday.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.3%, the Nasdaq was down 0.5% and the S&P 500 fell 0.3%.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

• Air Products and Chemicals (APD): APD stock is up 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Cf Industries Holdings (CF): CF stock is up 2.1% today.

• Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK): BAK stock is up 1.1% today.

• Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is up 0.6% today.

• Ashland Inc (ASH): ASH stock is up 0.6% today.

• Agrium Inc (AGU): AGU stock is up 0.7% today and up 21.0% in the last month.

• Compass Minerals Intl Inc (CMP): CMP stock is up 0.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Celanese Corp (CE): CE stock is up 0.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW): CLW stock is up 0.5% today.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

• Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF): CLF stock is down 14.7% today.

• AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS): AKS stock is down 2.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Bhp Billiton Limited (BHP): BHP stock is down 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL): BBL stock is down 1.9% today.

• Century Aluminum Company (CENX): CENX stock is down 2.5% today.

• Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is down 1.3% today.

• Commercial Metals Company (CMC): CMC stock is down 1.8% today.

• Circor International (CIR): CIR stock is down 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Albany International Corp (AIN): AIN stock is down 1.2%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI): ATI stock is down 1.3% 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.