Basic materials stocks finished down on Wall Street today, down 0.2%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.8%, the Nasdaq declined 1.0% and the S&P 500 fell 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Barrick Gold Corp (ABX): ABX stock is up 3.1% today on 2 times normal volume.
- FMC Corp (FMC): FMC stock is up 2.9% today.
- Newmont Mining Corp (NEM): NEM stock is up 2.3% today.
- Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS): KS stock is up 2.1% today.
- Bemis Company (BMS): BMS stock is up 1.7% today.
- E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company (DD): DD stock is up 1.2% today.
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE): SEE stock is up 1.2% today.
- Albemarle Corp (ALB): ALB stock is up 1.2% today on 6 times normal volume.
- Sonoco Products Company (SON): SON stock is up 1.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Arcelormittal (MT): MT stock is down 2.8% today.
- Ferro Corp (FOE): FOE stock is down 2.7% today.
- Albany International Corp (AIN): AIN stock is down 2.6% today.
- Eastman Chemical Company (EMN): EMN stock is down 2.5% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is down 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Bhp Billiton Limited (BHP): BHP stock is down 2.2% today.
- Minerals Technologies Inc (MTX): MTX stock is down 2.1% today.
- Watts Water Technologies (WTS): WTS stock is down 2.1% today.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO): RIO stock is down 2.1% today.
- Cabot Corp (CBT): CBT stock is down 2.1% 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.
