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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 %Weekly Change%
CEIXCONSOL Energy Metals/Minerals101.91402.31%-2.85%
WDFCWD-40 Co Chemicals195.87200.23%-3.10%
KROKronos Worldwide Chemicals5.71302.51%-3.22%
MOSMosaic  Agricultural Inputs34.76702.78%-3.26%
CINRCiner  Metals/Minerals19.120-5.25%-3.39%
KNFKnife River Building Materials72.30301.14%-3.65%
BCPCBalchem Corp Chemicals146.260-0.30%-3.92%
LYBLyondellBasell Industries Chemicals49.33501.88%-3.97%
SSDSimpson  Lumber & Wood Production169.23401.13%-4.14%
AVDAmerican Vanguard Agricultural Inputs5.51400.92%-4.17%
HDSNHudson Technologies Chemicals9.4920-2.37%-4.24%
GPREGreen Plains Chemicals9.20702.00%-4.56%
ZEUSOlympic Steel Steel30.3050-1.05%-5.05%
AMTXAemetis  Chemicals2.29401.10%-5.17%
FRDFriedman Industries Steel20.9130-5.51%-5.21%
PAHPlatform Specialty Chemicals88.81100.40%-5.97%
KOPKoppers  Chemicals26.9410-3.44%-6.52%
LOMALoma Negra Building Materials7.41203.93%-6.91%
IPIIntrepid Potash Agricultural Inputs28.9820-0.96%-6.94%
SXTSensient Technologies Chemicals91.75100.24%-7.45%
TROXTronox  Chemicals4.06603.84%-7.94%
FMCFMC Corp Agricultural Inputs31.430-0.85%-8.21%
OECOrion S.A Chemicals7.2520-1.09%-9.03%
CTVACorteva  Agricultural Inputs63.2802.94%-9.09%
IEIvanhoe Electric Copper12.2346-0.22%-9.11%
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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%]
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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).

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Stock Chart of CONSOL Energy Inc.CEIX CONSOL Energy Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 196.81 Millions
Recent Price: 101.91    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: 2.30901%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -2.85033%    
Year-to-date Change: -5.6%
CEIX 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 Kronos Worldwide, IncKRO Kronos Worldwide, Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 713.33 Millions
Recent Price: 5.71    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: 2.51346%    
Day Change: 0.02
Week Change: -3.22034%    
Year-to-date Change: -38.6%
KRO 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 Ciner Resources LPCINR Ciner Resources LP
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 210.41 Millions
Recent Price: 19.12    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -5.25273%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -3.38555%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
CINR Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Knife River CorpKNF Knife River Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Building Materials
MarketCap: 4554.1 Millions
Recent Price: 72.30    
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 Balchem CorpBCPC Balchem Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 5230.48 Millions
Recent Price: 146.26    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -0.299932%    
Day Change: 0.1
Week Change: -3.9217%    
Year-to-date Change: -7.8%
BCPC 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
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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 American Vanguard CorpAVD American Vanguard Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 158.93 Millions
Recent Price: 5.51    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: 0.915751%    
Day Change: -0.16
Week Change: -4.17391%    
Year-to-date Change: 21.9%
AVD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Hudson Technologies, IncHDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 445.42 Millions
Recent Price: 9.49    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -2.36626%    
Day Change: 0.17
Week Change: -4.23814%    
Year-to-date Change: 66.8%
HDSN Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Green Plains IncGPRE Green Plains Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals
MarketCap: 697.62 Millions
Recent Price: 9.20    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: 1.99557%    
Day Change: 0.53
Week Change: -4.56432%    
Year-to-date Change: -7.2%
GPRE 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: 30.30    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -1.04507%    
Day Change: -0.25
Week Change: -5.04544%    
Year-to-date Change: -4.3%
ZEUS 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: 2.29    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: 1.10132%    
Day Change: 0.06
Week Change: -5.16529%    
Year-to-date Change: -18.6%
AMTX 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 Platform Specialty Products CorporationPAH Platform Specialty Products Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 3602.95 Millions
Recent Price: 88.81    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: 0.395659%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -5.97141%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
PAH Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Koppers Holdings IncKOP Koppers Holdings Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 569.19 Millions
Recent Price: 26.94    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: -3.44086%    
Day Change: -0.54
Week Change: -6.52325%    
Year-to-date Change: -14.9%
KOP 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 Intrepid Potash IncIPI Intrepid Potash Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 378.58 Millions
Recent Price: 28.98    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -0.956938%    
Day Change: 0.57
Week Change: -6.93642%    
Year-to-date Change: 33.5%
IPI Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Sensient Technologies CorpSXT Sensient Technologies Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 4791.88 Millions
Recent Price: 91.75    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: 0.240358%    
Day Change: 0.74
Week Change: -7.45411%    
Year-to-date Change: 33.0%
SXT Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Tronox Holdings plcTROX Tronox Holdings plc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals
MarketCap: 710.19 Millions
Recent Price: 4.06    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: 3.83632%    
Day Change: -0.11
Week Change: -7.93651%    
Year-to-date Change: -55.9%
TROX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of FMC CorpFMC FMC Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 4719.16 Millions
Recent Price: 31.43    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -0.851735%    
Day Change: -0.16
Week Change: -8.20678%    
Year-to-date Change: -33.7%
FMC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Orion S.AOEC Orion S.A
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 596.31 Millions
Recent Price: 7.25    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -1.09141%    
Day Change: -0.1
Week Change: -9.03388%    
Year-to-date Change: -52.3%
OEC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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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
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: 12.23    
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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