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12Stocks.com: Investing and Trading in Materials Sector
Best Gold and Commodities Stocks of the Day - The best performers from the last trading session:-

Coeur Mining [137.31%], Scotts Miracle-Gro [34.57%], Ecolab [33.49%], Kronos Worldwide [30.20%], Axalta Coating [22.35%], Linde [21.99%], NewMarket [20.86%], Hecla Mining [20.43%], Eastman Chemical [19.77%], H.B. Fuller [15.38%],

The top 10 best trending stocks:-

Hecla Mining [20.43%], Central Garden [2.74%], NovaGold Resources [2.31%], MP Materials [1.21%], Ivanhoe Electric [0.71%], Warrior Met [0.57%], Cleveland-Cliffs [-16.65%], Coeur Mining [137.31%], Materion [12.72%], Perimeter Solutions [1.69%],

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12Stocks.com:Current Chart and Performance of Materials Sector in a Glance
GDX : Tracks to perform similar to Amex Gold Miners Index
Performance  Weekly: -0.93%    Daily: 1.38%
Year-to-date Performance : 54.59%
Relative Performance: The materials sector is outperforming the market (S&P 500) by 47.86%
Materials sector is composed of stocks from Metals, Precious Metals (Gold, Silver), Mining and services subsectors.

Materials sector, as represented by XLB, an exchange-traded fund [ETF] that holds basket of materials stocks (e.g, Alcoa, Newmont Mining)  is up by 54.59% and is currently outperforming the market (S&P 500) by 47.86%.

Year to date, the leading largecap materials stocks are MP Materials [189.17%], Newmont [62.51%], Mosaic [49.66%], NewMarket [38.22%], Corteva [29.51%], Freeport-McMoRan [22.75%], Nucor [22.56%], Reliance Steel [22.51%], Royal Gold [22.06%], Steel Dynamics [18.89%], CF Industries [15.85%] .

This guide helps to identify investing opportunities in materials sector. Check daily for updates.

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  Current Performance of Materials Sector

  Top Performing Materials Stocks - Now!

  Investing in Materials Sector using etfs

  Movers & Shakers in Materials Sector Stocks

  Full List, Charts and Trends of Materials Stocks
MATERIALS
SECTOR
PERFORMANCE
9.29%
(YEAR-TO-DATE)
0.16%
(WEEKLY)
11.41%
(DAILY)
 
12Stocks.com: Top Performing Materials Stocks

We try to spot trends by analyzing the performances of various stocks or components within materials sector and try to find best performing stocks. The movers and shakers.

First, let us look at major subsectors (gold & silver, coal, steel) within Materials sector and look at their performances year to date - GDX [54.59%], SLX [22.1%], .

Among larger materials stocks (marketcap > 3 Billion), the top performing stocks year to date are MP Materials [189.17%], Newmont [62.51%], Mosaic [49.66%], NewMarket [38.22%], Corteva [29.51%], Freeport-McMoRan [22.75%], Nucor [22.56%], Reliance Steel [22.51%], Royal Gold [22.06%], Steel Dynamics [18.89%], CF Industries [15.85%] .

Now, more recently, over last week, the largecap materials stocks on the move up are - MP Materials [41.68%], Albemarle [5.61%], Westlake Chemical [5.24%], LyondellBasell Industries [4.1%], Dow [3.83%], CF Industries [3.79%], Huntsman [3.42%], Nucor [3.29%], DuPont de [2.4%], Steel Dynamics [1.37%], Freeport-McMoRan [1.22%] .

The top performing stocks year to date (YTD) in the midcap and smallcap materials sector are Compass Minerals [99.47%], SSR Mining [81.9%], Coeur Mining [67.66%], Worthington Industries [59.06%], Sensient Technologies [53.28%], NovaGold Resources [44.14%], Ivanhoe Electric [37.62%], Constellium SE [37.39%], i-80 Gold [32.04%], Kaiser Aluminum [28.84%], Hecla Mining [28.81%] .
LEADING MATERIALS STOCKS
MP MATERIALS: 189.17%
NEWMONT : 62.51%
MOSAIC : 49.66%
NEWMARKET : 38.22%
CORTEVA : 29.51%
FREEPORT-MCMORAN : 22.75%
NUCOR : 22.56%
RELIANCE STEEL: 22.51%
ROYAL GOLD: 22.06%
STEEL DYNAMICS: 18.89%

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12Stocks.com: Investing in Materials Sector using Exchange Traded Funds
The following table shows list of key exchange traded funds (ETF)that help investors have diversified materials portfolio.

List of leveraged ETFs thattrack twice or thrice the daily returns of materials indices help traders in making short term movements of  materials sector (both up and down).

12Stocks.com List of ETFs that track Materials Sector

TickerETF NameWatchlistCategoryRecent PriceChange %Week %Year-to-date %
UYMProShares Ultra Basic Materials  Double25.632.92-0.212.97%
XLBMaterials SPDR Chemicals91.5211.410.169.29%
SLXMarket Vectors Steel  Metals71.381.541.6922.1%
GLDstreetTRACKS Gold  Precious Metals309.141.160.6527.68%
DBAPowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Agricultural25.770.90-0.46-3.08%
AGQUltra Silver Double55.136.4111.5163.74%
SLViShares Silver Trust Precious Metals35.033.074.5433.04%
XMEMetals & Mining SPDR MINING -NON FERR73.132.414.3729.02%
UGLUltra Gold Double35.742.211.62-61.77%
MOOAgribusiness ETF Agricultural74.431.73-1.2915.36%
GDXGold Miners  Precious Metals52.421.38-0.9354.59%
SEAShipping ETF Materials14.350.00010.43%
ZSLUltraShort Silver Short22.01-48.33-11.18-47.6%
SMNProShares UltraShort Basic Materials  Short13.17-2.54-0.04-20.3%
GLLUltraShort Gold Short21.60-2.26-1.5922.87%
 Market data as of 11-Jul-25
12Stocks.com: Investing in Materials using Stocks
The following table helps investors and traders sort through current performance of various materials stocks.

One can glean long and short term trends by sorting list of materials stocks by performance over daily, weekly or year-to-date periods.

12Stocks.com Performance of Materials Stocks

TickerStock NameWatchlistCategoryRecent PriceChange %Weekly Change%YTD Change%
SXCSunCoke Energy, Inc. Materials8.832.221.26-16.48%
IIINInsteel Industries, Inc. Materials39.603.450.9446.78%
CENXCentury Aluminum Company Materials20.718.059.8713.67%
ODCOil-Dri Corporation of America Materials58.475.85-3.0833.67%
NWPXNorthwest Pipe Company Materials42.1242.20-1.54-12.72%
KOPKoppers Holdings Inc. Materials34.033.821.015.31%
DCDakota Gold Corp. Materials4.147.379.5288.18%
GPREGreen Plains Inc. Materials8.01-57.9814.76-15.51%
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Monthly Stock Chart of SunCoke Energy, Inc.SXC SunCoke Energy, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MarketCap: 306.5 Millions
Recent Price: 8.83    
Day Percent Change: SunCoke Energy, Inc.%     Day Change: 0.19
Week Change: 1.26%     Year-to-date Change: -16.5%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Insteel Industries, Inc.IIIN Insteel Industries, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 269.488 Millions
Recent Price: 39.60    
Day Percent Change: Insteel Industries, Inc.%     Day Change: 1.13
Week Change: 0.94%     Year-to-date Change: 46.8%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Century Aluminum CompanyCENX Century Aluminum Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 266.408 Millions
Recent Price: 20.71    
Day Percent Change: Century Aluminum Company%     Day Change: 1.13
Week Change: 9.87%     Year-to-date Change: 13.7%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Oil-Dri Corporation of AmericaODC Oil-Dri Corporation of America
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 249.857 Millions
Recent Price: 58.47    
Day Percent Change: Oil-Dri Corporation of America%     Day Change: 3.82
Week Change: -3.08%     Year-to-date Change: 33.7%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Northwest Pipe CompanyNWPX Northwest Pipe Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 245.788 Millions
Recent Price: 42.12    
Day Percent Change: Northwest Pipe Company%     Day Change: 13.58
Week Change: -1.54%     Year-to-date Change: -12.7%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Koppers Holdings Inc.KOP Koppers Holdings Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 232.657 Millions
Recent Price: 34.03    
Day Percent Change: Koppers Holdings Inc.%     Day Change: 1.44
Week Change: 1.01%     Year-to-date Change: 5.3%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Dakota Gold Corp.DC Dakota Gold Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 218 Millions
Recent Price: 4.14    
Day Percent Change: Dakota Gold Corp.%     Day Change: 0.16
Week Change: 9.52%     Year-to-date Change: 88.2%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Green Plains Inc.GPRE Green Plains Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 196.357 Millions
Recent Price: 8.01    
Day Percent Change: Green Plains Inc.%     Day Change: -19.37
Week Change: 14.76%     Year-to-date Change: -15.5%
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     performance (%Change)    
StockPriceYTDWeekDay%
LIN468.8112.4-1.4 22.0
ECL266.9614.2-2.6 33.5
APD291.971.90.0 0.7
MP45.11189.241.7 1.2
SHW345.932.0-2.3 0.3
NEM60.1362.50.4 1.2
DD75.49-0.52.4 1.2
DOW29.55-25.03.8 -2.7
PPG117.30-1.2-0.8 -11.7
CTVA73.5729.5-4.6 2.2
LYB64.55-11.64.1 2.2
IFF75.95-9.7-0.5 -0.4
NUE142.4022.63.3 1.4
FCX46.3622.81.2 3.3
FMC42.38-11.6-4.2 2.7
CE61.03-11.80.3 2.1
AVTR13.58-35.6-2.2 2.5
RPM113.30-7.1-0.1 1.7
EMN80.26-11.30.9 19.8
ALB70.98-17.15.6 -53.7
CF98.2415.93.8 2.3
RS328.4822.50.5 1.1
WLK85.36-25.25.2 4.8
SMG69.315.61.1 34.6
RGLD159.9622.1-11.0 1.6
NEU726.4538.2-1.5 20.9
STLD135.0718.91.4 1.8
MOS36.4549.7-2.2 2.8
AXTA30.52-10.8-1.1 22.4
BCPC158.44-2.8-4.0 3.0
HUN11.49-35.33.4 4.6
WDFC223.33-7.2-4.2 2.0
ASH53.42-24.8-0.5 2.2
KNF78.88-22.4-2.1 4.1
NG4.8044.16.2 2.3
KWR130.04-6.84.7 -7.1
OLN21.88-34.8-0.2 3.8
SXT108.6353.30.7 2.4
ESI24.68-2.72.8 3.1
SCL59.02-8.2-0.4 -17.8
CMC52.115.8-0.6 2.7
CC13.82-16.96.9 -47.7
SLVM50.99-34.6-3.8 2.3
IOSP88.26-19.8-0.5 2.1
FUL63.23-6.01.6 15.4
SSRM12.6681.9-4.0 5.5
CMP22.4499.50.9 -1.3
WOR63.5359.1-2.8 3.0
ROCK63.718.22.3 4.3
NGVT47.5616.71.7 -30.7
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