Basic materials stocks finished flat today on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3%, the Nasdaq declined 0.2% and the S&P 500 fell 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc (POT): POT stock is up 4.8% today on 4 times normal volume.
- Agrium Inc (AGU): AGU stock is up 2.9% today.
- Mosaic Company (MOS): MOS stock is up 2.1% today.
- Methanex Corp (MEOH): MEOH stock is up 1.9% today.
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM): SQM stock is up 1.8% today.
- Cf Industries Holdings (CF): CF stock is up 1.4% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Valhi Inc (VHI): VHI stock is up 0.9% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG): SMG stock is up 0.9% today.
- Mueller Water Products (MWA): MWA stock is up 0.5% today.
- Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN): BVN stock is up 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC): SWC stock is down 3.4% today.
- Ternium S.A. (TX): TX stock is down 2.1% today.
- Carpenter Technology Corp (CRS): CRS stock is down 2.1% today.
- Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI): ATI stock is down 2.1% today.
- United States Steel Corp (X): X stock is down 1.7% today.
- Arcelormittal (MT): MT stock is down 1.6% today.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO): RIO stock is down 1.6% today.
- Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO): KRO stock is down 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Dover Corp (DOV): DOV stock is down 1.6% today.
- Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM): AEM stock is down 1.5%, marking the fifth 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.
