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12Stocks.com Materials Stocks Performances & Trends Daily
September 14, 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 50 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Materials sector in short term neutral trend.

The Smart Investing & Trading Score from previous trading session is 70 and a deterioration of trend continues.

 Year To Date Performance: 11.2678 %
 Weekly Performance: 0.394218 %
 Daily Performance: -1.00421 %
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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 %Weekly Change%
POLPolyOne  Chemicals179.50800.41%59,833,200.00%
AMRSAmyris  Chemicals18.2370-4.90%36,360.00%
CHMTChemtura  Chemicals19.781003.07%3,703.85%
GSSGolden Star Gold75.58801.27%1,837.95%
AXUAlexco  Metals/Minerals3.5270-0.56%690.30%
HCLPHi-Crush Partners Metals/Minerals85.0060-6.75%626.50%
AUYYamana Gold Gold42.46701.77%625.81%
ACHAluminum  Aluminum42.4670-0.09%516.26%
MONMonsanto  Chemicals56.9870-0.40%465.84%
TRQTurquoise Hill Copper167.451003.40%433.11%
MTLMechel PAO Steel & Iron11.66800.60%418.22%
NSUNevsun  Copper23.971002.30%402.52%
TNHTerra Nitrogen Chemicals142.65701.13%206.25%
PLMPolyMet  Metals/Minerals4.84901.47%129.38%
LTHMLivent  Chemicals16.51100140.60%124.17%
SLWSilver Wheaton Silver118.80600.65%84.19%
POTPotash  Chemicals831.27802.11%77.18%
SMTSSierra Metals Metals/Minerals0.2980-2.66%67.43%
VEDLVedanta  Metals/Minerals27.0870-0.44%61.96%
IPHSInnophos  Chemicals77.44801.56%56.32%
FELPForesight Energy Mining14.24901.79%46.80%
VGZVista Gold Gold1.8310015.09%36.57%
CVIACovia  Metals/Minerals23.8970-1.81%30.76%
CLDCloud Peak Metals/Minerals38.59901.61%28.76%
USAUU.S. Gold Gold15.821004.01%28.51%
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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 11.2678% and is currently underperforming the overall market by -1.5832% 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: Good
Overall Trend Score: 50
YTD Performance: 11.2678%
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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
Americas Gold[633%] Avino Silver[352%] MP [287%]
Gold [270%] Tower[237%] Vista Gold[218%]
SSR [212%] Gold Royalty[207%] United States[185%]
AngloGold Ashanti[179%] Gold Fields[172%] Flexible [172%]
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
PolyOne [59833200%] Amyris [36360%] Chemtura [3703.9%]
Golden Star[1838%] Alexco [690.3%] Hi-Crush Partners[626.5%]
Yamana Gold[625.8%] Aluminum [516.3%] Monsanto [465.8%]
Turquoise Hill[433.1%] Mechel PAO[418.2%] Nevsun [402.5%]
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
Benson Hill[-98%] Bioceres Crop[-70%] Lavoro [-65%]
Comstock [-61%] Montauk Renewables[-53%] Algoma Steel[-52%]
Mercer [-50%] Tronox [-47%] Sylvamo Corp[-46%]
Loma Negra[-39%] Orion S.A[-39%] Huntsman Corp[-35%]
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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
Livent [100] Vista Gold[100] TRX Gold[100]
United States[100] Century Aluminum[100] Western Copper[100]
U.S. Gold[100] Platinum [100] Cementos Pacasmayo[100]
Turquoise Hill[100] Chemtura [100] Alcoa Corp[100]
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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 33.73602.18116-0.2955965.82027%
 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 PolyOne CorporationPOL PolyOne Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1570.67 Millions
Recent Price: 179.50    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 0.413963%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 59833200%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
POL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Amyris, Inc.AMRS Amyris, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 261.857 Millions
Recent Price: 18.23    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -4.90349%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 36360%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
AMRS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Chemtura CorporationCHMT Chemtura Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 2101.23 Millions
Recent Price: 19.78    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 3.07452%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 3703.85%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
CHMT Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Golden Star Resources Ltd.GSS Golden Star Resources Ltd.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 261.919 Millions
Recent Price: 75.58    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 1.27295%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 1837.95%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
GSS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Alexco Resource Corp.AXU Alexco Resource Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 230.41 Millions
Recent Price: 3.52    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -0.564972%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 690.301%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
AXU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Hi-Crush Partners LPHCLP Hi-Crush Partners LP
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 1333.67 Millions
Recent Price: 85.00    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: -6.74712%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 626.496%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
HCLP Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Yamana Gold Inc.AUY Yamana Gold Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 2786.49 Millions
Recent Price: 42.46    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: 1.77373%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 625.812%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
AUY Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Aluminum Corporation of China LimitedACH Aluminum Corporation of China Limited
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 6144.58 Millions
Recent Price: 42.46    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -0.0941176%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 516.255%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
ACH Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Monsanto CompanyMON Monsanto Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 49601.6 Millions
Recent Price: 56.98    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -0.402028%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 465.839%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
MON Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.TRQ Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Copper
MarketCap: 821.257 Millions
Recent Price: 167.45    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 3.40249%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 433.11%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
TRQ Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Mechel PAOMTL Mechel PAO
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 518.488 Millions
Recent Price: 11.66    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 0.603969%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 418.222%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
MTL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Nevsun Resources Ltd.NSU Nevsun Resources Ltd.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Copper
MarketCap: 738.36 Millions
Recent Price: 23.97    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 2.30474%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 402.516%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
NSU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P.TNH Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 1705.25 Millions
Recent Price: 142.65    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: 1.13435%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 206.247%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
TNH Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of PolyMet Mining Corp.PLM PolyMet Mining Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 233.11 Millions
Recent Price: 4.84    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 1.46751%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 129.384%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
PLM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Livent CorporationLTHM Livent Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 882.057 Millions
Recent Price: 16.51    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 140.6%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 124.171%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
LTHM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Silver Wheaton Corp.SLW Silver Wheaton Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Silver
MarketCap: 8631.34 Millions
Recent Price: 118.80    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: 0.652377%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 84.186%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
SLW 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
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Sierra Metals Inc.SMTS Sierra Metals Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 124.91 Millions
Recent Price: 0.29    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: -2.65781%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 67.4286%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
SMTS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Vedanta LimitedVEDL Vedanta Limited
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 4079.5 Millions
Recent Price: 27.08    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -0.441176%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 61.9617%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
VEDL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Innophos Holdings, Inc.IPHS Innophos Holdings, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1037.38 Millions
Recent Price: 77.44    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 1.56066%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 56.3181%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
IPHS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Foresight Energy LPFELP Foresight Energy LP
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MarketCap: 869.3 Millions
Recent Price: 14.24    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 1.78699%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 46.8041%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
FELP Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Vista Gold CorpVGZ Vista Gold Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 171.5 Millions
Recent Price: 1.83    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 15.0943%    
Day Change: 0.02
Week Change: 36.5672%    
Year-to-date Change: 218.0%
VGZ Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Covia Holdings CorporationCVIA Covia Holdings Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 105.31 Millions
Recent Price: 23.89    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -1.80847%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 30.7608%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
CVIA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Cloud Peak Energy Inc.CLD Cloud Peak Energy Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 302.13 Millions
Recent Price: 38.59    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 1.60611%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 28.7621%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
CLD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of U.S. Gold CorpUSAU U.S. Gold Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 174.9 Millions
Recent Price: 15.82    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 4.01052%    
Day Change: 0.71
Week Change: 28.5134%    
Year-to-date Change: 156.4%
USAU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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