Basic materials stocks finished down 0.4% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was steady, the Nasdaq rose 0.2% and the S&P 500 was unchanged.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- New Gold Inc (NGD): NGD stock is up 6.9% today and up 28.6% in the last month.
- Yamana Gold (AUY): AUY stock is up 4.9% today.
- Pan American Silver (PAAS): PAAS stock is up 4.6% today.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is up 4.4% today and up 25.5% in the last month.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is up 4.3% today.
- Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM): AEM stock is up 3.0% today.
- Newmont Mining Corp (NEM): NEM stock is up 2.8% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Randgold Resources Limited (GOLD): GOLD stock is up 2.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Barrick Gold Corp (ABX): ABX stock is up 2.5% today.
- Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is up 2.5% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- DOW Chemical Company (DOW): DOW stock is down 1.7% today.
- Cf Industries Holdings (CF): CF stock is down 1.6% today.
- Minerals Technologies Inc (MTX): MTX stock is down 1.3% today.
- Cabot Corp (CBT): CBT stock is down 1.3% today.
- Olin Corp (OLN): OLN stock is down 1.2% today.
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is down 1.2% today.
- H. B. Fuller Company (FUL): FUL stock is down 1.2% today.
- Leucadia National Corp (LUK): LUK stock is down 1.0% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Eastman Chemical Company (EMN): EMN stock is down 1.0% today.
- FMC Corp (FMC): FMC stock is down 0.9% 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.
