Basic materials stocks remained flat on Friday morning on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.2%, the Nasdaq was steady and the S&P 500 rose 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU): AU stock is up 5.7% today.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG): NG stock is up 5.0% today.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is up 4.5% today.
- Pan American Silver (PAAS): PAAS stock is up 3.8% today.
- Hecla Mining Company (HL): HL stock is up 3.2% today.
- Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM): AEM stock is up 3.2% today.
- Silver Wheaton Corp (SLW): SLW stock is up 2.5% today.
- National Steel Corp (SID): SID stock is up 2.3% today.
- Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is up 2.1% today.
- International Paper Company (IP): IP stock is up 2.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Compass Minerals Intl Inc (CMP): CMP stock is down 4.8% today.
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK): BAK stock is down 4.8% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is down 4.5% today.
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is down 3.1% today.
- Dover Corp (DOV): DOV stock is down 3.0% today.
- Trex Company (TREX): TREX stock is down 3.2% today.
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC): MRC stock is down 2.0% today.
- Methanex Corp (MEOH): MEOH stock is down 2.2% today.
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM): SQM stock is down 1.7% today.
- Crown Cork & Seal Company (CCK): CCK stock is down 1.5% 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.
