Basic materials stocks rose broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.3%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.7% higher and the S&P 500 rose 0.3%.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

• Yamana Gold (AUY): AUY stock is up 3.6% today.

• Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is up 2.1% today.

• Silver Wheaton Corp (SLW): SLW stock is up 1.9% today.

• Rio Tinto Plc (RIO): RIO stock is up 1.8% today.

• Stillwater Mining Company (SWC): SWC stock is up 1.8% today.

• Simpson Manufacturing Company (SSD): SSD stock is up 1.7% today.

• Teck Resources Ltd (TCK): TCK stock is up 1.7% today.

• Balchem Corp (BCPC): BCPC stock is up 1.6% today.

• Schweitzer-Mauduit International (SWM): SWM stock is up 1.5% today.

• Newmont Mining Corp (NEM): NEM stock is up 1.5% today.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

• National Steel Corp (SID): SID stock is down 0.4% today.

• Owens-Illinois (OI): OI stock is down 0.4% today.

• Silgan Holdings (SLGN): SLGN stock is down 0.4% today.

• Ball Corp (BLL): BLL stock is down 0.3% today.

• Valspar Corp (VAL): VAL stock is down 0.1% today.

• Leucadia National Corp (LUK): LUK stock is down 0.1% today.

• Steel Dynamics (STLD): STLD stock is down 0.1% 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.