Basic materials stocks declined on Wall Street so far on Wednesday, down 0.3%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.4% and the S&P 500 was up 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Hecla Mining Company (HL): HL stock is up 5.2% today.
- New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is up 2.7% today.
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM): SIM stock is up 2.8% today.
- Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is up 3.5% today.
- Royal Gold (RGLD): RGLD stock is up 2.7% today.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is up 2.4% today.
- Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM): AEM stock is up 2.6% today.
- Newmont Mining Corp (NEM): NEM stock is up 2.8% today.
- Goldcorp Inc (GG): GG stock is up 2.9% today.
- Yamana Gold (AUY): AUY stock is up 2.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Gerdau S.A. (GGB): GGB stock is down 3.3% today.
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC): MRC stock is down 3.2% today.
- National Steel Corp (SID): SID stock is down 4.7% today.
- Sasol Ltd (SSL): SSL stock is down 1.3% today.
- Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (LYB): LYB stock is down 1.2% today.
- Ternium S.A. (TX): TX stock is down 0.9% today.
- Teck Resources Ltd (TCK): TCK stock is down 0.8% today.
- Ferro Corp (FOE): FOE stock is down 1.4% today.
- Leucadia National Corp (LUK): LUK stock is down 1.1% today.
- Balchem Corp (BCPC): BCPC stock is down 1.7% 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.
