Basic materials stocks finished down 0.6% on Wall Street today.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.6%, the Nasdaq fell 0.6% and the S&P 500 was down 0.6%.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

• Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM): SIM stock is up 2.0% today.

• Pan American Silver (PAAS): PAAS stock is up 1.3% today.

• Terra Nitrogen Company L.P. (TNH): TNH stock is up 0.4% today.

• Celanese Corp (CE): CE stock is up 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Royal Gold (RGLD): RGLD stock is up 0.4% today.

• Sigma-Aldrich Corp (SIAL): SIAL stock is up 0.3% today on 5 times normal volume.

• Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM): AEM stock is up 0.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Newmarket Corp (NEU): NEU stock is up 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is up 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Praxair (PX): PX stock is up 0.2% today.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

• Vale S.A. (VALE): VALE stock is down 3.1% today.

• Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh (MUSA): MUSA stock is down 2.3% today.

• Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is down 2.2% today.

• Watts Water Technologies (WTS): WTS stock is down 2.0% today.

• Trex Company (TREX): TREX stock is down 2.0% today.

• Domtar Corp (UFS): UFS stock is down 1.9% today.

• Wd-40 Company (WDFC): WDFC stock is down 1.9% today.

• Enpro Industries (NPO): NPO stock is down 1.8% today.

• Balchem Corp (BCPC): BCPC stock is down 1.7% today.

• Cf Industries Holdings (CF): CF stock is down 1.6% 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.