Basic materials stocks finished down 0.5% on Wall Street on Friday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.8%, the Nasdaq fell 0.7% and the S&P 500 was down 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Sasol Ltd (SSL): SSL stock is up 2.1% today.
- Century Aluminum Company (CENX): CENX stock is up 1.8% today.
- Syngenta Ag (SYT): SYT stock is up 1.7% today.
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is up 1.7% today.
- Barrick Gold Corp (ABX): ABX stock is up 1.7% today.
- Alcoa Inc (AA): AA stock is up 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (LYB): LYB stock is up 1.0% today.
- Cf Industries Holdings (CF): CF stock is up 0.8% today.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF.B): GEF.B stock is up 0.8% today.
- Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW): SHW stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Cabot Corp (CBT): CBT stock is down 2.4% today.
- Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO): KRO stock is down 2.4% today.
- Quaker Chemical Corp (KWR): KWR stock is down 2.3% today.
- Watts Water Technologies (WTS): WTS stock is down 2.3% today.
- Crane Company (CR): CR stock is down 2.1% today.
- Ferro Corp (FOE): FOE stock is down 2.1% today.
- Dover Corp (DOV): DOV stock is down 2.1% today.
- Trex Company (TREX): TREX stock is down 2.0% today.
- Ball Corp (BLL): BLL stock is down 2.0% today.
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG): SMG stock is down 2.0% 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.
