Basic materials stocks fell 2.4% on Wall Street so far on Monday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.6%, the Nasdaq was down 1.2% and the S&P 500 fell 1.6%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is up 9.7% today.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG): NG stock is up 3.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is up 3.7% today.
- New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is up 2.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is up 2.3% today.
- Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is up 2.2% today.
- Iamgold Corp (IAG): IAG stock is up 1.8% today.
- Mueller Water Products (MWA): MWA stock is up 1.0% today.
- Pan American Silver (PAAS): PAAS stock is up 0.8% today.
- Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is up 2.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Sasol Ltd (SSL): SSL stock is down 6.4% today.
- Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI): ATI stock is down 6.6% today.
- Century Aluminum Company (CENX): CENX stock is down 6.8% today.
- Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL): BBL stock is down 5.9% today.
- Ternium S.A. (TX): TX stock is down 5.3% today.
- Steel Dynamics (STLD): STLD stock is down 5.4% today.
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF): CLF stock is down 7.3% today.
- Freeport-Mcmoran Inc. (FCX): FCX stock is down 6.0% today.
- Teck Resources Ltd (TCK): TCK stock is down 4.7% today.
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM): SIM stock is down 4.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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.
