Basic materials stocks advanced 0.3% on Wall Street on Friday morning.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed level, the Nasdaq remained flat and the S&P 500 was steady.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

• Quaker Chemical Corp (KWR): KWR stock is up 15.9% today.

• Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW): CLW stock is up 9.7% today.

• Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is up 6.8% today.

• Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is up 6.4% today.

• Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is up 5.8% today.

• Berry Plastics Group Inc (BERY): BERY stock is up 5.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Goldcorp Inc (GG): GG stock is up 4.7% today.

• Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is up 5.1% today.

• Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM): AEM stock is up 3.7% today.

• Teck Resources Ltd (TCK): TCK stock is up 3.2% today.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

• Olin Corp (OLN): OLN stock is down 3.0% today.

• Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is down 2.4% today and down 21.5% in the last month.

• Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is down 1.5% today.

• Ferro Corp (FOE): FOE stock is down 1.4% today.

• Valhi Inc (VHI): VHI stock is down 1.4% today.

• Kaman Corp (KAMN): KAMN stock is down 1.2% today.

• Chemtura Corp (CHMT): CHMT stock is down 0.5% today.

• Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is down 0.8% today.

• Enpro Industries (NPO): NPO stock is down 0.5% today.

• United States Steel Corp (X): X stock is down 0.4% 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.