Basic materials stocks finished up 0.3% on Wall Street on Thursday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%, the Nasdaq was up 0.4% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is up 6.7% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Teck Resources Ltd (TCK): TCK stock is up 4.9% today.
- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc (POT): POT stock is up 3.9% today.
- Dover Corp (DOV): DOV stock is up 3.5% today.
- Goldcorp Inc (GG): GG stock is up 3.4% today.
- Nucor Corp (NUE): NUE stock is up 3.4% today.
- Hecla Mining Company (HL): HL stock is up 3.3% today.
- Steel Dynamics (STLD): STLD stock is up 3.3% today.
- Royal Gold (RGLD): RGLD stock is up 2.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh (MUSA): MUSA stock is down 1.1% today.
- Celanese Corp (CE): CE stock is down 1.0% today.
- E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company (DD): DD stock is down 0.9% today.
- Packaging Corporation of America (PKG): PKG stock is down 0.9% today.
- Sonoco Products Company (SON): SON stock is down 0.8% today.
- Olin Corp (OLN): OLN stock is down 0.5% today.
- Plum Creek Timber Company (PCL): PCL stock is down 0.4% today.
- Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS): KS stock is down 0.4% today.
- Domtar Corp (UFS): UFS stock is down 0.3% today.
- Ashland Inc (ASH): ASH stock is down 0.3% 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.
