Basic materials stocks rose 0.6% on Wall Street on Tuesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3%, the Nasdaq stayed the same and the S&P 500 pushed 0.3% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- United States Steel Corp (X): X stock is up 3.6% today.
- Teck Resources Ltd (TCK): TCK stock is up 3.0% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is up 3.4% today.
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC): MRC stock is up 3.0% today.
- Calgon Carbon Corp (CCC): CCC stock is up 2.1% today.
- Innophos Holdings (IPHS): IPHS stock is up 1.9% today.
- Steel Dynamics (STLD): STLD stock is up 1.9% today.
- Nucor Corp (NUE): NUE stock is up 2.0% today.
- Chemtura Corp (CHMT): CHMT stock is up 2.0% today.
- Huntsman Corp (HUN): HUN stock is up 1.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is down 3.2% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is down 2.2% today.
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK): BAK stock is down 1.8% today.
- Domtar Corp (UFS): UFS stock is down 0.8% today.
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is down 0.8% today.
- Bhp Billiton Limited (BHP): BHP stock is down 0.6% today.
- Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI): IPI stock is down 0.5% today.
- Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL): BBL stock is down 0.4% today.
- Gerdau S.A. (GGB): GGB stock is down 1.1% today.
- Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR): FBR 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.
