Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – KS HBM GPK MEOH

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Basic materials stocks finished up 1.0% on Wall Street on Wednesday.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.8%, the Nasdaq rose 1.1% and the S&P 500 was up 0.8%.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

  • Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS): KS stock is up 2.8% today.
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is up 2.4% today on 2 times normal volume.
  • Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK): GPK stock is up 1.8% today.
  • Methanex Corp (MEOH): MEOH stock is up 1.8% today.
  • Air Products and Chemicals (APD): APD stock is up 1.7% today.
  • Eastman Chemical Company (EMN): EMN stock is up 1.7% today.
  • Stillwater Mining Company (SWC): SWC stock is up 1.6% today.
  • A. Schulman (SHLM): SHLM stock is up 1.6% today.
  • Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (LYB): LYB stock is up 1.5% today.
  • DOW Chemical Company (DOW): DOW stock is up 1.4% today.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

  • Yamana Gold (AUY): AUY stock is down 2.4% today and down 21.7% in the last month.
  • Randgold Resources Limited (GOLD): GOLD stock is down 2.0% today.
  • Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI): ATI stock is down 1.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
  • Barrick Gold Corp (ABX): ABX stock is down 1.4% today.
  • Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is down 1.3% today.
  • Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is down 1.2% today.
  • Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR): FBR stock is down 1.2% today.
  • Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is down 1.1% today.
  • Cvr Partners LP Common Units R (UAN): UAN stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
  • Arcelormittal (MT): MT stock is down 0.9%, marking the third 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.


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