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12Stocks.com Materials Stocks Performances & Trends Daily
October 3, 2025 - Although long term and short term trends for Materials sector are good, the mid term i.e weekly trends are deteriorating.

The overall Smart Investing & Trading Score is 40 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Materials sector in short term bearish to neutral trend.

The Smart Investing & Trading Score from previous trading session is 30 and an improvement of trend continues.

 Year To Date Performance: 8.87691 %
 Weekly Performance: 0.820409 %
 Daily Performance: 1.16148 %
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12Stocks.com: Investing in Materials sector with Stocks
The following table helps investors and traders sort through current performance and trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score) of various stocks in the Materials sector.

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12Stocks.com Performance of Stocks in Materials Sector

TickerStock NameWatchlistCategoryRecent PriceSmart Investing & Trading ScoreChange %YTD Change%
NTRNutrien  Agricultural Inputs59.75905.5134.67%
MPMP  Other Industrial Metals & Mining70.96804.92332.95%
WLKWestlake  Chemicals79.87704.05-27.95%
CFCF Industries Agricultural Inputs89.84303.955.93%
ALBAlbemarle Corp Chemicals87.61803.724.05%
DDDuPont de Chemicals80.991003.548.56%
CTVACorteva  Agricultural Inputs63.2802.9412.89%
AAAlcoa Corp Aluminum34.831002.90-7.39%
DOWDow  Chemicals23.69802.78-37.47%
MOSMosaic  Agricultural Inputs34.76702.7844.75%
NUENucor Corp Steel139.02602.6822.50%
STLDSteel Dynamics Steel144.411002.4230.04%
SCCOSouthern Copper Copper125.321002.1939.28%
POTPotash  Chemicals831.27802.110.00%
LYBLyondellBasell Industries Chemicals49.33501.88-29.31%
ECLEcolab  Chemicals274.00901.5919.25%
MLMMartin Marietta Building Materials627.87701.2623.36%
GFIGold Fields Gold42.26701.25206.10%
SSDSimpson  Lumber & Wood Production169.23401.133.30%
AUAngloGold Ashanti Gold72.46801.10205.03%
CRHCRH  Building Materials121.141001.0831.69%
IFF Flavors Chemicals61.51500.90-25.19%
RSReliance  Steel285.60500.868.02%
GOLDBarrick Gold Gold21.07500.8132.68%
SHWSherwin-Williams Co Chemicals343.90400.793.68%
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Materials Sector: Technical Analysis, Trends & YTD Performance
Materials sector is composed of stocks from mining, metals, agricultural, precious metals and chemical subsectors.

Materials sector, as represented by XLB, an exchange-traded fund [ETF] that holds basket of Materials stocks (e.g, Dow Chemical, Newmont Mining) is up by 8.87691% and is currently underperforming the overall market by -5.88099% year-to-date. Below is a quick view of Technical charts and trends:

XLB Weekly Chart
Long Term Trend: Very Good
Medium Term Trend: Not Good

XLB Daily Chart
Short Term Trend: Very Good
Overall Trend Score: 40
YTD Performance: 8.87691%
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12Stocks.com: Top Performing Materials Sector Stocks
Hot Materials Stocks of 2025 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. The winners and losers.

The top performing Materials sector stocks year to date are
MP [333%] Gold Fields[206%] AngloGold Ashanti[205%]
Coeur [203%] Kinross Gold[154%] Newmont Corp[128%]
Harmony Gold[118%] Barrick [115%] Agnico Eagle[107%]
Wheaton Precious[90%] Pan American[85%] Franco-Nevada [80%]
View complete list of Materials stocks by year-to-date performance

Now, more recently, over last week, the top performing Materials sector stocks on the move are
Monsanto [465.8%] Silver Wheaton[84.2%] Potash [77.2%]
Alcoa Corp[11.5%] AngloGold Ashanti[8.8%] Teck [8.4%]
James Hardie[8.2%] Coeur [7.9%] Pan American[7.7%]
CRH [7.6%] Albemarle Corp[7.4%] Kinross Gold[7%]
View complete list of Materials stocks by weekly performance

Unfortunately not all Materials stocks have done well this year. Investors of these stocks hope they have seen the worst and hope that these stocks are set to bounce back. The bearish stocks in this index year to date (YTD) are
Dow [-37%] James Hardie[-36%] LyondellBasell Industries[-29%]
Westlake [-28%] Flavors[-25%] PPG Industries[-8%]
Alcoa Corp[-7%] Suzano S.A.[-7%] Gatos Silver[-5%]
Air Products[-3%] RPM [-1%] Monsanto [0%]
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Investors can get enhanced performance by riding the current stock trends. Using complex algorithms, 12Stocks.com has come up with Smart Investing & Trading Scores (on 0-bearish to 100-bullish scale) to identify best trending stocks. Top trending Materials stocks are
DuPont de[100] Alcoa Corp[100] Steel Dynamics[100]
Southern Copper[100] CRH [100] ArcelorMittal [100]
Nutrien [90] Ecolab [90] Newmont Corp[90]
Coeur [90] MP [80] Albemarle Corp[80]
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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 track Materials Index. For detailed view, check out our ETF Funds section of our website.

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12Stocks.com List of ETFs that track Materials Index

TickerETF NameWatchlistRecent PriceSmart Investing & Trading ScoreChange %Week %Year-to-date %
JJCCopper Sub  62.75902.06571220.8080%
RTMS&P 500 Eq 32.95501.16672-0.9695673.3732%
 Smart Investing & Trading Score (0-Bearish to 100-Bullish)
12Stocks.com: Charts, Trends, Fundamental Data and Performances of Materials Stocks
We now take in-depth look at all Materials stocks including charts, multi-period performances and overall trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score).

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Stock Chart of Nutrien LtdNTR Nutrien Ltd
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 27509.1 Millions
Recent Price: 59.75    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 5.50945%    
Day Change: 1.98
Week Change: 1.21972%    
Year-to-date Change: 34.7%
NTR Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of MP Materials CorporationMP MP Materials Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Other Industrial Metals & Mining
MarketCap: 11166 Millions
Recent Price: 70.96    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 4.92385%    
Day Change: 1.98
Week Change: -0.379054%    
Year-to-date Change: 332.9%
MP Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Westlake CorporationWLK Westlake Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 11467.8 Millions
Recent Price: 79.87    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: 4.05159%    
Day Change: 3.24
Week Change: 1.25507%    
Year-to-date Change: -28.0%
WLK Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of CF Industries Holdings IncCF CF Industries Holdings Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 13683.5 Millions
Recent Price: 89.84    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: 3.94539%    
Day Change: 3.36
Week Change: -1.9749%    
Year-to-date Change: 5.9%
CF Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Albemarle CorpALB Albemarle Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 9595.87 Millions
Recent Price: 87.61    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 3.7173%    
Day Change: 2.94
Week Change: 7.39152%    
Year-to-date Change: 4.0%
ALB Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of DuPont de Nemours IncDD DuPont de Nemours Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 32584.5 Millions
Recent Price: 80.99    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 3.54129%    
Day Change: 2.65
Week Change: 6.83287%    
Year-to-date Change: 8.6%
DD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Corteva IncCTVA Corteva Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 49098.9 Millions
Recent Price: 63.28    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: 2.94453%    
Day Change: 1.71
Week Change: -9.09352%    
Year-to-date Change: 12.9%
CTVA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Alcoa CorpAA Alcoa Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 8241.26 Millions
Recent Price: 34.83    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 2.89513%    
Day Change: 1.08
Week Change: 11.5274%    
Year-to-date Change: -7.4%
AA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Dow IncDOW Dow Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals
MarketCap: 17366.7 Millions
Recent Price: 23.69    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 2.77657%    
Day Change: 0.75
Week Change: 2.4211%    
Year-to-date Change: -37.5%
DOW Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Mosaic CompanyMOS Mosaic Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 10298.9 Millions
Recent Price: 34.76    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: 2.77942%    
Day Change: 1.05
Week Change: -3.25633%    
Year-to-date Change: 44.8%
MOS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Nucor CorpNUE Nucor Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 33801.4 Millions
Recent Price: 139.02    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: 2.68114%    
Day Change: 3.44
Week Change: 1.92082%    
Year-to-date Change: 22.5%
NUE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Steel Dynamics IncSTLD Steel Dynamics Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 19818.2 Millions
Recent Price: 144.41    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 2.41844%    
Day Change: 3.68
Week Change: 5.89572%    
Year-to-date Change: 30.0%
STLD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Southern Copper CorporationSCCO Southern Copper Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Copper
MarketCap: 83639.2 Millions
Recent Price: 125.32    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 2.18526%    
Day Change: 0.03
Week Change: 4.87029%    
Year-to-date Change: 39.3%
SCCO Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.POT Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 14493.6 Millions
Recent Price: 831.27    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 2.10782%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 77.1788%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
POT Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of LyondellBasell Industries NVLYB LyondellBasell Industries NV
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 17716.4 Millions
Recent Price: 49.33    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: 1.87939%    
Day Change: 0.95
Week Change: -3.97119%    
Year-to-date Change: -29.3%
LYB Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Ecolab, IncECL Ecolab, Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 77588.4 Millions
Recent Price: 274.00    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 1.5906%    
Day Change: 4.19
Week Change: 2.62172%    
Year-to-date Change: 19.2%
ECL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Martin Marietta Materials, IncMLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Building Materials
MarketCap: 37548.9 Millions
Recent Price: 627.87    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: 1.25956%    
Day Change: 7.41
Week Change: 3.47231%    
Year-to-date Change: 23.4%
MLM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Gold Fields Ltd ADRGFI Gold Fields Ltd ADR
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 30752.9 Millions
Recent Price: 42.26    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: 1.24581%    
Day Change: -0.9
Week Change: 4.94164%    
Year-to-date Change: 206.1%
GFI Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Simpson Manufacturing Co., IncSSD Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Lumber & Wood Production
MarketCap: 8152.83 Millions
Recent Price: 169.23    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: 1.12944%    
Day Change: 0.3
Week Change: -4.1407%    
Year-to-date Change: 3.3%
SSD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of AngloGold Ashanti PlcAU AngloGold Ashanti Plc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 30095.8 Millions
Recent Price: 72.46    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 1.10227%    
Day Change: -1.55
Week Change: 8.7988%    
Year-to-date Change: 205.0%
AU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of CRH PlcCRH CRH Plc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Building Materials
MarketCap: 75580 Millions
Recent Price: 121.14    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 1.07635%    
Day Change: -0.05
Week Change: 7.58437%    
Year-to-date Change: 31.7%
CRH Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of International Flavors & Fragrances IncIFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 16922.6 Millions
Recent Price: 61.51    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: 0.902231%    
Day Change: 0.71
Week Change: -1.64695%    
Year-to-date Change: -25.2%
IFF Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Reliance IncRS Reliance Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 15724.9 Millions
Recent Price: 285.60    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: 0.861704%    
Day Change: 1.53
Week Change: 0.443131%    
Year-to-date Change: 8.0%
RS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Barrick Gold CorporationGOLD Barrick Gold Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 31373.3 Millions
Recent Price: 21.07    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: 0.813397%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 1.05516%    
Year-to-date Change: 32.7%
GOLD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Sherwin-Williams CoSHW Sherwin-Williams Co
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 92859.2 Millions
Recent Price: 343.90    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: 0.785417%    
Day Change: 1.53
Week Change: 0.274084%    
Year-to-date Change: 3.7%
SHW Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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