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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%
PPGPPG Industries Chemicals104.52300.41%-7.74%
AXTAAxalta Coating Chemicals28.19300.39%-16.00%
ODCOil-Dri  Chemicals60.55300.08%42.56%
ABXBarrick Gold Gold13.54300.00%0.00%
MTALMAC Copper Copper12.2030-0.16%15.64%
KLKirkland Lake Gold38.9230-0.23%0.00%
MEOHMethanex Corp Chemicals39.1030-1.16%-20.29%
MERCMercer  Paper & Paper Products2.7830-2.11%-55.03%
CMTCore Molding Chemicals19.3530-2.96%24.04%
FRDFriedman Industries Steel20.9130-5.51%41.43%
VNTRVenator  Chemicals5088.3530-6.80%0.00%
PLLPiedmont Lithium Other Industrial Metals & Mining7.2530-8.92%-20.50%
SYNLSynalloy  Steel & Iron1.04205.05%0.00%
LOMALoma Negra Building Materials7.41203.93%-41.00%
UNVRUnivar  Chemicals 9.35203.09%0.00%
MFCBMFC Bancorp Metals/Minerals0.73202.82%0.00%
TAHOTahoe  Metals/Minerals58.13201.40%0.00%
WLBWestmoreland Coal Mining8.31200.73%0.00%
LINLinde  Chemicals469.47200.57%14.09%
CLWClearwater Paper Paper & Paper Products20.51200.24%-30.50%
WDFCWD-40 Co Chemicals195.87200.23%-17.34%
UANCVR Partners Agricultural Inputs90.19200.08%28.32%
GCPGCP Applied Chemicals32.01200.00%0.00%
FCXFreeport-McMoRan  Copper38.8720-0.56%3.81%
XRAExeter  Gold1.5620-0.64%0.00%
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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 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
Americas Gold[892%] Avino Silver[438%] United States[334%]
MP [333%] Vista Gold[274%] Gold [273%]
Tower[255%] Ramaco [235%] Sibanye Stillwater[228%]
SSR [227%] DRDGold .[212%] Gold Royalty[206%]
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[-81%] Algoma Steel[-67%]
Lavoro [-65%] Tronox [-56%] Mercer [-55%]
Comstock [-54%] Montauk Renewables[-53%] Orion S.A[-52%]
Huntsman Corp[-45%] Sylvamo Corp[-42%] Loma Negra[-41%]
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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] DuPont de[100] Turquoise Hill[100]
Chemtura [100] Alcoa Corp[100] Steel Dynamics[100]
Nevsun [100] Southern Copper[100] Hawkins [100]
Iamgold Corp[100] Silvercorp Metals[100] Gerdau S.A.[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 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).

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 PPG Industries, IncPPG PPG Industries, Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 24822.5 Millions
Recent Price: 104.52    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: 0.413104%    
Day Change: 0.6
Week Change: -0.910125%    
Year-to-date Change: -7.7%
PPG Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Axalta Coating Systems LtdAXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 6891.39 Millions
Recent Price: 28.19    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: 0.391738%    
Day Change: 0.18
Week Change: -0.879044%    
Year-to-date Change: -16.0%
AXTA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Oil-Dri Corp. Of AmericaODC Oil-Dri Corp. Of America
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 865.68 Millions
Recent Price: 60.55    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: 0.0826446%    
Day Change: -0.5
Week Change: -2.54305%    
Year-to-date Change: 42.6%
ODC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Barrick Gold CorporationABX Barrick Gold Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 22158.3 Millions
Recent Price: 13.54    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: 0%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 0%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
ABX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of MAC Copper LtdMTAL MAC Copper Ltd
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Copper
MarketCap: 1003.67 Millions
Recent Price: 12.20    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -0.163666%    
Day Change: 0
Week Change: 0%    
Year-to-date Change: 15.6%
MTAL 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
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Methanex CorpMEOH Methanex Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals
MarketCap: 2986.1 Millions
Recent Price: 39.10    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -1.16279%    
Day Change: 0.13
Week Change: -0.0766675%    
Year-to-date Change: -20.3%
MEOH Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Mercer International IncMERC Mercer International Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Paper & Paper Products
MarketCap: 216.35 Millions
Recent Price: 2.78    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -2.11268%    
Day Change: 0.06
Week Change: -1.41844%    
Year-to-date Change: -55.0%
MERC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Core Molding TechnologiesCMT Core Molding Technologies
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 169.43 Millions
Recent Price: 19.35    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -2.95888%    
Day Change: 0.23
Week Change: -11.5226%    
Year-to-date Change: 24.0%
CMT Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Friedman Industries, IncFRD Friedman Industries, Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 153.33 Millions
Recent Price: 20.91    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -5.51288%    
Day Change: 0.58
Week Change: -5.21306%    
Year-to-date Change: 41.4%
FRD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Venator Materials PLCVNTR Venator Materials PLC
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 224.157 Millions
Recent Price: 5088.35    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -6.80097%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -17.7779%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
VNTR Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Piedmont Lithium IncPLL Piedmont Lithium Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Other Industrial Metals & Mining
MarketCap: 159.14 Millions
Recent Price: 7.25    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -8.9196%    
Day Change: 0.26
Week Change: -20.3297%    
Year-to-date Change: -20.5%
PLL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Synalloy CorporationSYNL Synalloy Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 121.088 Millions
Recent Price: 1.04    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 5.05051%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -93.2071%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
SYNL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima ADRLOMA Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima ADR
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Building Materials
MarketCap: 1072.8 Millions
Recent Price: 7.41    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 3.92707%    
Day Change: 0.12
Week Change: -6.90955%    
Year-to-date Change: -41.0%
LOMA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Univar Solutions Inc.UNVR Univar Solutions Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 1789.86 Millions
Recent Price: 9.35    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 3.0871%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -74.1284%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
UNVR Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of MFC Bancorp Ltd.MFCB MFC Bancorp Ltd.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 123.17 Millions
Recent Price: 0.73    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 2.8169%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -96.4092%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
MFCB Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Tahoe Resources Inc.TAHO Tahoe Resources Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 2394.66 Millions
Recent Price: 58.13    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 1.39543%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -52.1603%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
TAHO Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Westmoreland Coal CompanyWLB Westmoreland Coal Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MarketCap: 227.76 Millions
Recent Price: 8.31    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 0.727273%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -37.8924%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
WLB Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Linde PlcLIN Linde Plc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 220162 Millions
Recent Price: 469.47    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 0.569825%    
Day Change: 1.01
Week Change: -0.982853%    
Year-to-date Change: 14.1%
LIN Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Clearwater Paper CorpCLW Clearwater Paper Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Paper & Paper Products
MarketCap: 354.45 Millions
Recent Price: 20.51    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 0.244379%    
Day Change: 0.16
Week Change: -2.56532%    
Year-to-date Change: -30.5%
CLW Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of WD-40 CoWDFC WD-40 Co
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 2951.47 Millions
Recent Price: 195.87    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 0.225145%    
Day Change: -0.6
Week Change: -3.10181%    
Year-to-date Change: -17.3%
WDFC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of CVR Partners LPUAN CVR Partners LP
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 929.92 Millions
Recent Price: 90.19    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 0.0776742%    
Day Change: 0.06
Week Change: -1.49629%    
Year-to-date Change: 28.3%
UAN Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of GCP Applied Technologies Inc.GCP GCP Applied Technologies Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1434.57 Millions
Recent Price: 32.01    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 0%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 0%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
GCP Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Freeport-McMoRan IncFCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Copper
MarketCap: 66533.8 Millions
Recent Price: 38.87    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -0.562804%    
Day Change: -0.47
Week Change: 3.18556%    
Year-to-date Change: 3.8%
FCX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Exeter Resource CorporationXRA Exeter Resource Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 105.97 Millions
Recent Price: 1.56    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -0.636943%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -53.012%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
XRA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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