Basic materials stocks fell 0.8% on Wall Street on Monday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.2%, the Nasdaq rose 0.2% and the S&P 500 was down 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Mueller Water Products (MWA): MWA stock is up 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Matthews International Corp (MATW): MATW stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Syngenta Ag (SYT): SYT stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Air Products and Chemicals (APD): APD stock is up 0.8%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR): FBR stock is up 0.5% today.
- Wd-40 Company (WDFC): WDFC stock is up 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO): EGO stock is up 0.6% today.
- Newmarket Corp (NEU): NEU stock is up 0.3% today.
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE): SEE stock is up 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Monsanto Company (MON): MON stock is up 0.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Trex Company (TREX): TREX stock is down 19.6% today and down 21.9% in the last month.
- Gold Fields Ltd (GFI): GFI stock is down 8.3% today.
- Berry Plastics Group Inc (BERY): BERY stock is down 6.3% today.
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is down 4.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC): SWC stock is down 4.1% today.
- Vedanta Limited (VEDL): VEDL stock is down 3.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Teck Resources Ltd (TCK): TCK stock is down 3.8% today.
- Freeport-Mcmoran Inc. (FCX): FCX stock is down 3.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Vale S.A. (VALE): VALE stock is down 3.5% today.
- Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL): BBL stock is down 3.1% 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.
