Basic materials stocks finished up 0.1% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.2%, the Nasdaq stayed level and the S&P 500 rose 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Terra Nitrogen Company L.P. (TNH): TNH stock is up 3.6% today.
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC): MRC stock is up 2.4% today and up 22.4% in the last month.
- Cabot Corp (CBT): CBT stock is up 1.7% today.
- Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS): KS stock is up 1.5% today.
- Westlake Chemical Corp (WLK): WLK stock is up 1.3% today.
- Rexnord Corp (RXN): RXN stock is up 1.2% today.
- FMC Corp (FMC): FMC stock is up 1.2% today.
- Globe Specialty Metals Inc (GSM): GSM stock is up 1.2% today.
- Aptargroup (ATR): ATR stock is up 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Domtar Corp (UFS): UFS stock is down 2.4% today.
- New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is down 2.1% today.
- Watts Water Technologies (WTS): WTS stock is down 2.1% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI): ATI stock is down 1.9% today.
- Plum Creek Timber Company (PCL): PCL stock is down 1.7% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR): FBR stock is down 1.6% today.
- Steel Dynamics (STLD): STLD stock is down 1.5% today.
- Weyerhaeuser Company (WY): WY stock is down 1.4% today.
- Century Aluminum Company (CENX): CENX stock is down 1.4% today.
- Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company (RS): RS stock is down 1.3% 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.
