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12Stocks.com Materials Stocks Performances & Trends Daily
September 2, 2025 - Although long and mid term trends for Materials sector looks good, the short term 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 90 and hence a deterioration of trend.

 Year To Date Performance: 4.17 %
 Weekly Performance: -0.75 %
 Daily Performance: -0.75 %
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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%
VHIValhi  Chemicals 16.3101.87%-3.65%
KNFKnife River Building Materials81.00301.14%-3.65%
SIDCompanhia Siderurgica Steel & Iron1.41601.60%-3.79%
LACLithium Americas Metals/Minerals2.99400.73%-3.85%
DNNDenison Mines Metals/Minerals2.321001.56%-3.94%
UUUUEnergy Fuels Metals/Minerals11.566010.20%-3.98%
OECOrion Engineered Chemicals10.5530-0.97%-4.59%
CECelanese  Chemicals 45.4420-4.60%-4.60%
CLFCleveland-Cliffs  Metals/Minerals10.7550-1.47%-4.64%
SXCSunCoke Energy Mining7.7260-0.40%-4.85%
CCJCameco  Metals/Minerals77.39401.36%-5.45%
AAAlcoa  Aluminum32.19300.61%-5.81%
GPREGreen Plains Chemicals11.111006.96%-5.89%
KOPKoppers  Chemicals28.980-1.84%-6.04%
CCChemours  Chemicals15.4090-1.32%-6.10%
ALBAlbemarle  Chemicals79.740-6.15%-6.15%
UECUranium Energy Metals/Minerals10.69902.45%-6.24%
CENXCentury Aluminum Aluminum22.33200.60%-6.75%
EMXEMX Royalty Metals/Minerals3.65100-1.58%-6.89%
SLVMSylvamo  Paper & Paper Products46.1330-3.86%-6.94%
HCCWarrior Met Metals/Minerals61.1430-0.87%-7.11%
GOROGold  Gold0.51800.40%-7.14%
AVDAmerican Vanguard Chemicals5.4070-3.09%-7.21%
TCTuanChe  Metals/Minerals13.13100-5.42%-8.18%
TSETrinseo S.A Chemicals2.4040-5.56%-9.05%
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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 4.17% and is currently underperforming the overall market by -2.35% year-to-date. Below is a quick view of Technical charts and trends:

XLB Weekly Chart
Long Term Trend: Very Good
Medium Term Trend: Very Good

XLB Daily Chart
Short Term Trend: Not Good
Overall Trend Score: 50
YTD Performance: 4.17%
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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 [338%] Dominion Diamond[207%] Gold Royalty[161%]
Sibanye Stillwater[149%] AngloGold Ashanti[143%] SSR [143%]
Gold Fields[133%] New Gold[119%] Ramaco [118%]
Kinross Gold[111%] Coeur [104%] Gold [98%]
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
Dominion Diamond[33.2%] DRDGOLD [12.4%] i-80 Gold[12.1%]
Alamos Gold[9.4%] New Gold[6.7%] Trilogy Metals[5.8%]
IAMGOLD [5.8%] McEwen [5.4%] SSR [5.2%]
Braskem S.A[5.2%] GrowGeneration [5.1%] Aceto [5.1%]
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
5E Advanced[-69%] Lavoro [-65%] Tronox [-61%]
Trinseo S.A[-56%] Origin [-56%] Algoma Steel[-52%]
TuanChe [-51%] Sylvamo [-46%] Nexa [-43%]
Huntsman [-41%] Avantor [-40%] Profound Medical[-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
DRDGOLD [100] Green Plains[100] Gold Royalty[100]
i-80 Gold[100] Alamos Gold[100] Vox Royalty[100]
Endeavour Silver[100] Fortuna Silver[100] IAMGOLD [100]
New Gold[100] New Found[100] Royal Gold[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 %
XLBMaterials  91.5950-0.75-0.754.17%
IYMBasic Materials  149.09600.240.1313.21%
VAWMaterials  208.36600.220.069.5%
GDXGold Miners  64.81002.582.5866.32%
UYMBasic Materials  25.76504.435.283.59%
XMEMetals and Mining 82.33903.450.4835.53%
MOOAgribusiness  74.81301.532.589.25%
DBAAgriculture  27.77501.141.96-0.04%
GLDGold  325.591002.362.3625.92%
SLVSilver  36.191002.082.4123.92%
SLXSteel  71.09303.272.0116.52%
COPXCopper Miners  49.811000.780.2822.81%
SILSilver Miners  58.101001.70.2270%
MXIGlobal Materials  90.09600.110.4714.18%
RTMS&P 500 Eq 33.93900.590.272.57%
GDXJJunior Gold Miners 80.051002.032.7574.9%
 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 Valhi, Inc.VHI Valhi, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 394.336 Millions
Recent Price: 16.31    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: 1.87%    
Day Change: 0.3
Week Change: -3.65%    
Year-to-date Change: -29.4%
VHI Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add VHI to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete VHI Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Knife River CorporationKNF Knife River Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Building Materials
MarketCap: 2570 Millions
Recent Price: 81.00    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: 1.14%    
Day Change: 0.99
Week Change: -3.65%    
Year-to-date Change: -13.7%
KNF Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Companhia Siderurgica NacionalSID Companhia Siderurgica Nacional
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 2087.58 Millions
Recent Price: 1.41    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: 1.6%    
Day Change: 0.02
Week Change: -3.79%    
Year-to-date Change: -11.8%
SID Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Lithium Americas Corp.LAC Lithium Americas Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 192.01 Millions
Recent Price: 2.99    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: 0.73%    
Day Change: 0.02
Week Change: -3.85%    
Year-to-date Change: -7.4%
LAC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Denison Mines Corp.DNN Denison Mines Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 154.11 Millions
Recent Price: 2.32    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 1.56%    
Day Change: 0.03
Week Change: -3.94%    
Year-to-date Change: 8.3%
DNN Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Energy Fuels Inc.UUUU Energy Fuels Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 107.61 Millions
Recent Price: 11.56    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: 10.2%    
Day Change: 0.87
Week Change: -3.98%    
Year-to-date Change: 83.2%
UUUU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.OEC Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 493.457 Millions
Recent Price: 10.55    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -0.97%    
Day Change: -0.1
Week Change: -4.59%    
Year-to-date Change: -35.1%
OEC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Celanese CorporationCE Celanese Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 8521.06 Millions
Recent Price: 45.44    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -4.6%    
Day Change: -2.19
Week Change: -4.6%    
Year-to-date Change: -35.9%
CE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 957.61 Millions
Recent Price: 10.75    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -1.47%    
Day Change: -0.15
Week Change: -4.64%    
Year-to-date Change: 7.1%
CLF Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of SunCoke Energy, Inc.SXC SunCoke Energy, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MarketCap: 306.5 Millions
Recent Price: 7.72    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: -0.4%    
Day Change: -0.03
Week Change: -4.85%    
Year-to-date Change: -28.6%
SXC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Cameco CorporationCCJ Cameco Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 2722.9 Millions
Recent Price: 77.39    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: 1.36%    
Day Change: 0.96
Week Change: -5.45%    
Year-to-date Change: 39.0%
CCJ Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Alcoa CorporationAA Alcoa Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 1248.08 Millions
Recent Price: 32.19    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: 0.61%    
Day Change: 0.18
Week Change: -5.81%    
Year-to-date Change: -21.1%
AA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Green Plains Inc.GPRE Green Plains Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 196.357 Millions
Recent Price: 11.11    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 6.96%    
Day Change: 0.53
Week Change: -5.89%    
Year-to-date Change: -14.0%
GPRE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Koppers Holdings Inc.KOP Koppers Holdings Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 232.657 Millions
Recent Price: 28.98    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -1.84%    
Day Change: -0.54
Week Change: -6.04%    
Year-to-date Change: -10.7%
KOP Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of The Chemours CompanyCC The Chemours Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1718.17 Millions
Recent Price: 15.40    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: -1.32%    
Day Change: -0.19
Week Change: -6.1%    
Year-to-date Change: -14.2%
CC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Albemarle CorporationALB Albemarle Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 6139.27 Millions
Recent Price: 79.7    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: -6.15%    
Day Change: -5.22
Week Change: -6.15%    
Year-to-date Change: -4.2%
ALB Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Uranium Energy Corp.UEC Uranium Energy Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 138.91 Millions
Recent Price: 10.69    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 2.45%    
Day Change: 0.23
Week Change: -6.24%    
Year-to-date Change: 43.8%
UEC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Century Aluminum CompanyCENX Century Aluminum Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 266.408 Millions
Recent Price: 22.33    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 0.6%    
Day Change: 0.13
Week Change: -6.75%    
Year-to-date Change: 20.6%
CENX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of EMX Royalty CorporationEMX EMX Royalty Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 103.91 Millions
Recent Price: 3.65    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: -1.58%    
Day Change: -0.05
Week Change: -6.89%    
Year-to-date Change: 79.8%
EMX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Sylvamo CorporationSLVM Sylvamo Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Paper & Paper Products
MarketCap: 1710 Millions
Recent Price: 46.13    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -3.86%    
Day Change: -1.67
Week Change: -6.94%    
Year-to-date Change: -46.2%
SLVM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Warrior Met Coal, Inc.HCC Warrior Met Coal, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 748.81 Millions
Recent Price: 61.14    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -0.87%    
Day Change: -0.5
Week Change: -7.11%    
Year-to-date Change: 6.0%
HCC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Gold Resource CorporationGORO Gold Resource Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 189.219 Millions
Recent Price: 0.51    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 0.4%    
Day Change: 0
Week Change: -7.14%    
Year-to-date Change: 97.7%
GORO Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of American Vanguard CorporationAVD American Vanguard Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 419.329 Millions
Recent Price: 5.40    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -3.09%    
Day Change: -0.16
Week Change: -7.21%    
Year-to-date Change: 8.4%
AVD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of TuanChe LimitedTC TuanChe Limited
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 107.31 Millions
Recent Price: 13.13    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: -5.42%    
Day Change: -0.03
Week Change: -8.18%    
Year-to-date Change: -51.3%
TC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Trinseo S.A.TSE Trinseo S.A.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 790.057 Millions
Recent Price: 2.40    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: -5.56%    
Day Change: -0.13
Week Change: -9.05%    
Year-to-date Change: -56.3%
TSE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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