Basic materials stocks declined 0.2% on Wall Street on Monday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1%, the Nasdaq stayed consistent and the S&P 500 climbed 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is up 2.2% today.
- Bemis Company (BMS): BMS stock is up 2.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Berry Plastics Group Inc (BERY): BERY stock is up 1.4% today.
- Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR): FBR stock is up 0.9% today.
- Universal Forest Products (UFPI): UFPI stock is up 0.9% today.
- Balchem Corp (BCPC): BCPC stock is up 0.8% today.
- Matthews International Corp (MATW): MATW stock is up 0.4% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is up 0.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG): SMG stock is up 0.7% today.
- Precision Castparts Corp (PCP): PCP stock is up 0.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is down 4.2% today.
- Sasol Ltd (SSL): SSL stock is down 3.7% today.
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS): AKS stock is down 3.2% today.
- Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is down 2.5% today.
- Yamana Gold (AUY): AUY stock is down 2.2% today.
- Methanex Corp (MEOH): MEOH stock is down 3.1% today.
- United States Steel Corp (X): X stock is down 2.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is down 2.6% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is down 2.3% today.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC): SWC stock is down 1.9% 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.
