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12Stocks.com Materials Stocks Performances & Trends Daily
September 18, 2025 - Although long term trend for Materials sector looks good, the mid term and short term trends are faltering.

The overall Smart Investing & Trading Score is 20 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Materials sector in short term bearish trend.

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

 Year To Date Performance: 2.73 %
 Weekly Performance: -1.48 %
 Daily Performance: -0.61 %
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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%
JAGJagged Peak Gold15.1570-0.130.00%
IPIIntrepid Potash Agricultural Inputs28.6640-0.1432.07%
ZEUSOlympic Steel Steel32.8930-0.183.90%
CCFChase  Chemicals31.580-0.190.00%
KWRQuaker Houghton Chemicals139.9350-0.214.19%
IEIvanhoe Electric Copper9.0246-0.2218.94%
KLKirkland Lake Gold38.9230-0.230.00%
CCRCONSOL Coal Metals/Minerals15.5070-0.260.00%
VALEVale S.A. Other Industrial Metals & Mining10.8890-0.2727.31%
APDAir Products Chemicals289.8140-0.28-12.47%
FSIFlexible  Chemicals10.1850-0.29183.83%
ASHAshland  Chemicals51.1030-0.31-25.64%
NWPXNWPX Infrastructure Steel51.8280-0.319.16%
FMSAFairmount Santrol Metals/Minerals80.7250-0.310.00%
ALBAlbemarle Corp Chemicals79.8870-0.35-3.96%
GGGoldcorp  Gold16.910-0.350.00%
AGUAgrium  Chemicals16.9110-0.350.00%
FSMFortuna  Gold7.9050-0.3872.49%
MONMonsanto  Chemicals56.9870-0.400.00%
NTRNutrien  Agricultural Inputs56.480-0.4127.30%
VEDLVedanta  Metals/Minerals27.0870-0.440.00%
SHLMA. Schulman Chemicals 58.6910-0.460.00%
MEOHMethanex Corp Chemicals39.1860-0.46-20.13%
AMTXAemetis  Chemicals2.1850-0.46-22.70%
GRAW. R. Chemicals24.930-0.480.00%
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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 2.73% and is currently underperforming the overall market by -7.31% 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: Not Good
Overall Trend Score: 20
YTD Performance: 2.73%
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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[621%] Avino Silver[354%] MP [308%]
Vista Gold[255%] Gold [226%] United States[224%]
Tower[214%] SSR [203%] Gold Royalty[194%]
Flexible [184%] Gold Fields[175%] AngloGold Ashanti[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[-73%] Lavoro [-65%]
Comstock [-61%] Montauk Renewables[-53%] Algoma Steel[-52%]
Mercer [-51%] Sylvamo Corp[-46%] Tronox [-46%]
Orion S.A[-43%] Loma Negra[-41%] Huntsman Corp[-39%]
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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] Gevo [100] United States[100]
Rayonier Advanced[100] Endeavour Silver[100] Turquoise Hill[100]
Chemtura [100] Steel Dynamics[100] Nevsun [100]
Cementos Pacasmayo[100] Century Aluminum[100] Companhia Siderurgica[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 33.2420-1.44975-1.743964.28614%
 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).

One can sort Materials stocks (click link to choose) by Daily, Weekly and by Year-to-Date performances. Also, one can sort by size of the company or by market capitalization.
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Stock Chart of Jagged Peak Energy Inc.JAG Jagged Peak Energy Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 2657.5 Millions
Recent Price: 15.15    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -0.131839%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 6.01819%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
JAG Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Intrepid Potash IncIPI Intrepid Potash Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 378.58 Millions
Recent Price: 28.66    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: -0.139373%    
Day Change: 0.57
Week Change: 0.385289%    
Year-to-date Change: 32.1%
IPI Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Olympic Steel IncZEUS Olympic Steel Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 378.59 Millions
Recent Price: 32.89    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -0.182094%    
Day Change: -0.25
Week Change: 1.26232%    
Year-to-date Change: 3.9%
ZEUS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Chase CorporationCCF Chase Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 738.057 Millions
Recent Price: 31.58    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -0.189633%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -75.2197%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
CCF Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Quaker HoughtonKWR Quaker Houghton
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 2512.48 Millions
Recent Price: 139.93    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -0.206818%    
Day Change: -0.07
Week Change: -0.455289%    
Year-to-date Change: 4.2%
KWR Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Ivanhoe Electric IncIE Ivanhoe Electric Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Copper
MarketCap: 1184.73 Millions
Recent Price: 9.02    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 46
Day Percent Change: -0.22%    
Day Change: -0.02
Week Change: -9.11%    
Year-to-date Change: 18.9%
IE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd.KL Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 7317.39 Millions
Recent Price: 38.92    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -0.23071%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 3.31829%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
KL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of CONSOL Coal Resources LPCCR CONSOL Coal Resources LP
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 170.31 Millions
Recent Price: 15.50    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -0.2574%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 1.83968%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
CCR Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Vale S.A. ADRVALE Vale S.A. ADR
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Other Industrial Metals & Mining
MarketCap: 44395.3 Millions
Recent Price: 10.88    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: -0.274977%    
Day Change: 0.09
Week Change: 5.12077%    
Year-to-date Change: 27.3%
VALE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Air Products & Chemicals IncAPD Air Products & Chemicals Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 64509.4 Millions
Recent Price: 289.81    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: -0.28%    
Day Change: -0.82
Week Change: -1.03%    
Year-to-date Change: -12.5%
APD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Flexible Solutions International IncFSI Flexible Solutions International Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 120.24 Millions
Recent Price: 10.18    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -0.29383%    
Day Change: 0
Week Change: 4.62487%    
Year-to-date Change: 183.8%
FSI Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Ashland IncASH Ashland Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 2509.71 Millions
Recent Price: 51.10    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -0.312134%    
Day Change: -0.22
Week Change: -4.16354%    
Year-to-date Change: -25.6%
ASH Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of NWPX Infrastructure IncNWPX NWPX Infrastructure Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 503.55 Millions
Recent Price: 51.82    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: -0.307811%    
Day Change: -0.2
Week Change: 2.3706%    
Year-to-date Change: 9.2%
NWPX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc.FMSA Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 1609.52 Millions
Recent Price: 80.72    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -0.308756%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 2.02224%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
FMSA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Albemarle CorpALB Albemarle Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 9595.87 Millions
Recent Price: 79.88    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -0.35%    
Day Change: -0.28
Week Change: 5.13%    
Year-to-date Change: -4.0%
ALB Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Goldcorp Inc.GG Goldcorp Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 13240.7 Millions
Recent Price: 16.91    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -0.353565%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -37.808%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
GG Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Agrium Inc.AGU Agrium Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 13316.7 Millions
Recent Price: 16.91    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: -0.353565%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -37.808%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
AGU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Fortuna Mining CorpFSM Fortuna Mining Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 2354.38 Millions
Recent Price: 7.90    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -0.37831%    
Day Change: 0.26
Week Change: 2.06718%    
Year-to-date Change: 72.5%
FSM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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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 Nutrien LtdNTR Nutrien Ltd
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 27509.1 Millions
Recent Price: 56.48    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -0.405572%    
Day Change: 0.57
Week Change: 0.0531444%    
Year-to-date Change: 27.3%
NTR 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 A. Schulman, Inc.SHLM A. Schulman, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 958.93 Millions
Recent Price: 58.69    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: -0.457938%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -29.2295%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
SHLM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Methanex CorpMEOH Methanex Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals
MarketCap: 2986.1 Millions
Recent Price: 39.18    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: -0.457317%    
Day Change: 0.13
Week Change: 1.18802%    
Year-to-date Change: -20.1%
MEOH Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Aemetis IncAMTX Aemetis Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 151.15 Millions
Recent Price: 2.18    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -0.456621%    
Day Change: 0.06
Week Change: -2.24215%    
Year-to-date Change: -22.7%
AMTX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of W. R. Grace & Co.GRA W. R. Grace & Co.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 2275.97 Millions
Recent Price: 24.93    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -0.479042%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -64.3806%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
GRA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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