Basic materials stocks fell 0.4% on Wall Street on Friday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7%, the Nasdaq was down 0.5% and the S&P 500 declined 0.7%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS): KS stock is up 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Syngenta Ag (SYT): SYT stock is up 1.5% today.
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM): SQM stock is up 2.0% today.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF): GEF stock is up 1.3% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Domtar Corp (UFS): UFS stock is up 1.2% today.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG): NG stock is up 1.1% today.
- Meadwestvaco Corp (MWV): MWV stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE): SEE stock is up 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is down 5.9% today.
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK): BAK stock is down 4.8% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is down 2.4% today.
- Vale S.A. (VALE): VALE stock is down 2.2% today.
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is down 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Georgia Gulf Corp (AXLL): AXLL stock is down 1.6% today.
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC): MRC stock is down 1.0% today.
- Agrium Inc (AGU): AGU stock is down 1.2% today.
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is down 1.3% today.
- Teck Resources Ltd (TCK): TCK stock is down 1.2% 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.
