Basic materials stocks declined on Wall Street so far on Tuesday, down 1.0%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.4%, the Nasdaq declined 0.2% and the S&P 500 fell 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is up 4.0% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is up 2.3% today.
- Worthington Industries (WOR): WOR stock is up 2.2% today.
- Valhi Inc (VHI): VHI stock is up 2.0% today.
- Bhp Billiton Limited (BHP): BHP stock is up 1.9% today.
- Berry Plastics Group Inc (BERY): BERY stock is up 1.7% today.
- Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL): BBL stock is up 1.7% today.
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM): SIM stock is up 1.5% today.
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is up 1.4% today.
- Kaiser Aluminum Corp (KALU): KALU stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC): MRC stock is down 4.8% today.
- Leucadia National Corp (LUK): LUK stock is down 3.2% today.
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is down 2.6% today.
- Westlake Chemical Corp (WLK): WLK stock is down 2.6% today.
- Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (LYB): LYB stock is down 2.7% today.
- Freeport-Mcmoran Inc. (FCX): FCX stock is down 2.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Greif Bros. Corp (GEF): GEF stock is down 2.5% today.
- E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company (DD): DD stock is down 2.3% today.
- Dover Corp (DOV): DOV stock is down 2.0% today.
- Teck Resources Ltd (TCK): TCK stock is down 2.0%, 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.
