Basic materials stocks finished down broadly on Wall Street on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.4%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.1% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.2% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is up 1.9% today.
- Albany International Corp (AIN): AIN stock is up 1.7% today.
- Steel Dynamics (STLD): STLD stock is up 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Dover Corp (DOV): DOV stock is up 1.2% today.
- Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company (RS): RS stock is up 1.0% today.
- Dominion Diamond Corp (DDC): DDC stock is up 1.0% today.
- Quaker Chemical Corp (KWR): KWR stock is up 1.0% today.
- Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (LYB): LYB stock is up 0.8% today.
- Arcelormittal (MT): MT stock is up 0.8% today.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC): SWC stock is up 0.8% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- National Steel Corp (SID): SID stock is down 4.1% today.
- Freeport-Mcmoran Inc. (FCX): FCX stock is down 3.3% today.
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is down 2.1% today.
- Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is down 1.9% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is down 1.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC): MRC stock is down 1.5% today.
- Silver Wheaton Corp (SLW): SLW stock is down 1.5% today.
- Packaging Corporation of America (PKG): PKG stock is down 1.5% today.
- FMC Corp (FMC): FMC stock is down 1.5% today.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO): RIO stock is down 1.4% 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.
