Basic materials stocks finished down 1.1% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, the Nasdaq was steady and the S&P 500 was down 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF): CLF stock is up 1.9% today and up 24.4% in the last month.
- Polypore International Inc (PPO): PPO stock is up 1.2% today.
- Matthews International Corp (MATW): MATW stock is up 1.0% today.
- Chemtura Corp (CHMT): CHMT stock is up 0.9% today.
- Kaman Corp (KAMN): KAMN stock is up 0.8% today.
- Enpro Industries (NPO): NPO stock is up 0.8% today.
- Ternium S.A. (TX): TX stock is up 0.7% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW): CLW stock is up 0.6% today.
- Dover Corp (DOV): DOV stock is up 0.6% today.
- Cf Industries Holdings (CF): CF stock is up 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Aurico Gold Inc (AUQ): AUQ stock is down 4.1% today.
- Newmont Mining Corp (NEM): NEM stock is down 3.9% today.
- Hecla Mining Company (HL): HL stock is down 3.8% today.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG): NG stock is down 3.3% today.
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM): SIM stock is down 3.1% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc (POT): POT stock is down 3.0% today.
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC): MRC stock is down 3.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is down 2.9% today.
- Pan American Silver (PAAS): PAAS stock is down 2.7% today.
- Trex Company (TREX): TREX stock is down 2.7%, 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.
