Basic materials stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Tuesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.6%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.4%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.4% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.4% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Westlake Chemical Corp (WLK): WLK stock is up 9.1% today.
- Compass Minerals Intl Inc (CMP): CMP stock is up 5.7% today.
- Innophos Holdings (IPHS): IPHS stock is up 3.5% today.
- Kaman Corp (KAMN): KAMN stock is up 3.1% today.
- National Steel Corp (SID): SID stock is up 2.8% today.
- DOW Chemical Company (DOW): DOW stock is up 2.5% today.
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK): BAK stock is up 2.5% today.
- Methanex Corp (MEOH): MEOH stock is up 2.3% today.
- Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI): IPI stock is up 2.2% today.
- Pohang Iron & Steel Co. (PKX): PKX stock is up 2.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Cameco Corp (CCJ): CCJ stock is down 3.7%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is down 3.3% today.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is down 2.8% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is down 1.9% today.
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY): HMY stock is down 1.5% today.
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is down 1.1% today.
- Cvr Partners LP Common Units R (UAN): UAN stock is down 1.1% today.
- Domtar Corp (UFS): UFS stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Valhi Inc (VHI): VHI stock is down 0.5% today.
- Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (LYB): LYB stock is down 0.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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.
