Basic materials stocks rose 0.5% on Wall Street on Wednesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.3%, the Nasdaq rose 0.8% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.3% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Mueller Water Products (MWA): MWA stock is up 2.6% today.
- Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh (MUSA): MUSA stock is up 1.9% today.
- Cf Industries Holdings (CF): CF stock is up 1.8% today.
- Bemis Company (BMS): BMS stock is up 1.6% today.
- Carlisle Companies Inc (CSL): CSL stock is up 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- United States Steel Corp (X): X stock is up 1.4% today.
- Mosaic Company (MOS): MOS stock is up 1.4% today.
- Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company (RS): RS stock is up 1.3% today.
- Dover Corp (DOV): DOV stock is up 1.3% today.
- Aptargroup (ATR): ATR stock is up 1.3% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is down 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW): CLW stock is down 1.3% today.
- Royal Gold (RGLD): RGLD stock is down 1.3% today and down 22.7% in the last month.
- Goldcorp Inc (GG): GG stock is down 1.2% today.
- Leucadia National Corp (LUK): LUK stock is down 1.2% today.
- Schweitzer-Mauduit International (SWM): SWM stock is down 1.2% today.
- Southern Peru Copper Corp (SCCO): SCCO stock is down 1.0% today.
- Huntsman Corp (HUN): HUN stock is down 1.0% today.
- Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW): SHW stock is down 1.0% today.
- Freeport-Mcmoran Inc. (FCX): FCX stock is down 1.0%, 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.
