Basic materials stocks advanced 0.5% on Wall Street on Tuesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was steady, the Nasdaq declined 0.4% and the S&P 500 stayed level.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Vale S.A. (VALE): VALE stock is up 4.5% today.
- National Steel Corp (SID): SID stock is up 2.9% today and up 22.5% in the last month.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is up 2.9% today.
- New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is up 2.7% today.
- Eastman Chemical Company (EMN): EMN stock is up 2.6% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is up 2.4% today.
- Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM): AEM stock is up 2.2% today.
- Westlake Chemical Corp (WLK): WLK stock is up 2.3% today.
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG): SMG stock is up 2.2% today.
- United States Steel Corp (X): X stock is up 2.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is down 6.2% today.
- Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh (MUSA): MUSA stock is down 5.1% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is down 3.5% today.
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE): SEE stock is down 1.7% today.
- Valhi Inc (VHI): VHI stock is down 1.3% today.
- Terra Nitrogen Company L.P. (TNH): TNH stock is down 1.1% today.
- Glatfelter (GLT): GLT stock is down 0.1% today.
- Ball Corp (BLL): BLL stock is down 1.1% today.
- International Paper Company (IP): IP stock is down 0.9% today.
- Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK): GPK stock is down 0.7% 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.
