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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%
ASTLAlgoma Steel Steel4.5940-2.34-51.92%
OECOrion S.A Chemicals8.6410-2.37-43.13%
PAASPan American Gold35.3450-2.4066.79%
SSDSimpson  Lumber & Wood Production182.3330-2.4311.29%
CLMTCalumet  Chemicals18.7790-2.57-13.88%
LOMALoma Negra Building Materials7.4610-2.61-40.61%
SMTSSierra Metals Metals/Minerals0.2980-2.660.00%
FRDFriedman Industries Steel21.3260-2.6744.21%
HLHecla  Other Precious Metals & Mining11.0360-2.82110.00%
VGZVista Gold Gold2.0470-2.86254.54%
AGFirst Majestic Silver10.0550-3.0969.23%
GATOGatos Silver Other Precious Metals & Mining14.4020-3.10-4.89%
KROKronos Worldwide Chemicals6.0320-3.21-35.13%
NEXANexa  Other Industrial Metals & Mining5.0990-3.23-27.83%
LODEComstock  Other Precious Metals & Mining2.8630-3.38-61.35%
AKGAsanko Gold Gold16.870-3.380.00%
GOROGold  Gold0.7260-3.49226.08%
CLFCleveland-Cliffs  Steel11.2950-3.6718.34%
NUENucor Corp Steel137.3970-3.797.91%
MERCMercer  Paper & Paper Products3.0520-3.79-50.67%
SLVMSylvamo Corp Paper & Paper Products44.4730-3.86-46.20%
MPVDMountain Prove Metals/Minerals10.2380-4.390.00%
AMRSAmyris  Chemicals18.2370-4.900.00%
BIOXBioceres Crop Agricultural Inputs1.810-5.24-73.07%
CINRCiner  Metals/Minerals19.120-5.250.00%
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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).

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Stock Chart of Algoma Steel Group IncASTL Algoma Steel Group Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 538.29 Millions
Recent Price: 4.59    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: -2.34043%    
Day Change: 0.22
Week Change: -1.92308%    
Year-to-date Change: -51.9%
ASTL 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: 8.64    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: -2.37288%    
Day Change: -0.1
Week Change: -17.6358%    
Year-to-date Change: -43.1%
OEC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Pan American Silver CorpPAAS Pan American Silver Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 12518.3 Millions
Recent Price: 35.34    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -2.40265%    
Day Change: 0.77
Week Change: -0.169492%    
Year-to-date Change: 66.8%
PAAS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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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: 182.33    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -2.43472%    
Day Change: 0.3
Week Change: -4.18812%    
Year-to-date Change: 11.3%
SSD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Calumet IncCLMT Calumet Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1547.66 Millions
Recent Price: 18.77    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: -2.57009%    
Day Change: 1
Week Change: 5.59932%    
Year-to-date Change: -13.9%
CLMT 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: 7.46    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: -2.61097%    
Day Change: 0.12
Week Change: -6.399%    
Year-to-date Change: -40.6%
LOMA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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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
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Stock Chart of Friedman Industries, IncFRD Friedman Industries, Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 153.33 Millions
Recent Price: 21.32    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: -2.67062%    
Day Change: 0.58
Week Change: 0.803783%    
Year-to-date Change: 44.2%
FRD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Hecla Mining CoHL Hecla Mining Co
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Other Precious Metals & Mining
MarketCap: 6043.25 Millions
Recent Price: 11.03    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: -2.81938%    
Day Change: 0.09
Week Change: 8.34971%    
Year-to-date Change: 110.0%
HL 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: 2.04    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -2.85714%    
Day Change: 0.02
Week Change: 42.6573%    
Year-to-date Change: 254.5%
VGZ Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of First Majestic Silver CorporationAG First Majestic Silver Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Silver
MarketCap: 4434 Millions
Recent Price: 10.05    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -3.08582%    
Day Change: 0.18
Week Change: 9.95624%    
Year-to-date Change: 69.2%
AG Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Gatos Silver, Inc.GATO Gatos Silver, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Other Precious Metals & Mining
MarketCap: 41237 Millions
Recent Price: 14.40    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -3.09556%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -2.10741%    
Year-to-date Change: -4.9%
GATO 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: 6.03    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -3.21027%    
Day Change: 0.02
Week Change: -4.13355%    
Year-to-date Change: -35.1%
KRO Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Nexa Resources S.ANEXA Nexa Resources S.A
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Other Industrial Metals & Mining
MarketCap: 641 Millions
Recent Price: 5.09    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: -3.23194%    
Day Change: 0.05
Week Change: 6.04167%    
Year-to-date Change: -27.8%
NEXA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Comstock IncLODE Comstock Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Other Precious Metals & Mining
MarketCap: 117.25 Millions
Recent Price: 2.86    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: -3.37838%    
Day Change: 0.06
Week Change: 17.6955%    
Year-to-date Change: -61.4%
LODE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Asanko Gold Inc.AKG Asanko Gold Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 175.619 Millions
Recent Price: 16.87    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -3.37915%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: -19.4365%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
AKG Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Gold Resource CorpGORO Gold Resource Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 102.75 Millions
Recent Price: 0.72    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: -3.49287%    
Day Change: 0
Week Change: -7.45334%    
Year-to-date Change: 226.1%
GORO Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Cleveland-Cliffs IncCLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 5634.58 Millions
Recent Price: 11.29    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -3.66894%    
Day Change: -0.41
Week Change: 4.44033%    
Year-to-date Change: 18.3%
CLF Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Nucor CorpNUE Nucor Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 33801.4 Millions
Recent Price: 137.39    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -3.79%    
Day Change: -5.41
Week Change: -2.8%    
Year-to-date Change: 7.9%
NUE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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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: 3.05    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -3.78549%    
Day Change: 0.06
Week Change: -4.6875%    
Year-to-date Change: -50.7%
MERC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Sylvamo CorpSLVM Sylvamo Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Paper & Paper Products
MarketCap: 1832.11 Millions
Recent Price: 44.47    
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 Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.MPVD Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 581.66 Millions
Recent Price: 10.23    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: -4.39252%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 22.6619%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.0%
MPVD 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 Bioceres Crop Solutions CorpBIOX Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 169.95 Millions
Recent Price: 1.81    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -5.2356%    
Day Change: 0.24
Week Change: -19.1964%    
Year-to-date Change: -73.1%
BIOX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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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
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