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12Stocks.com Materials Stocks Performances & Trends Daily
April 29, 2025 - Although long term trends for Materials sector are not good, the short and mid term trends are improving.

The overall Smart Investing & Trading Score is 57 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Materials sector in short term neutral trend.

The Smart Investing & Trading Score from previous trading session is 12 and hence an improvement of trend.

 Year To Date Performance: -1.16 %
 Weekly Performance: 0.18 %
 Daily Performance: 11.41 %
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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%
APDAir Products Chemicals 269.45600.74%0.88%
IIINInsteel Industries Steel & Iron33.26533.45%0.79%
OECOrion Engineered Chemicals12.12173.25%0.75%
NUENucor  Steel & Iron116.57641.41%0.73%
RPMRPM  Chemicals105.11571.68%0.64%
CECelanese  Chemicals 43.81572.13%0.64%
NEUNewMarket  Chemicals604.668320.86%0.61%
IEIvanhoe Electric Copper6.59600.71%0.61%
METCBRamaco  Coking Coal8.95500.18%0.56%
ASHAshland Global Chemicals 53.41642.22%0.55%
CDECoeur  Gold5.7025137.31%0.53%
STLDSteel Dynamics Steel & Iron127.94771.75%0.47%
WORWorthington Industries Steel & Iron49.98953.00%0.46%
HUNHuntsman  Chemicals 13.39424.61%0.45%
CENTACentral Garden Chemicals30.39172.74%0.40%
PPGPPG Industries Chemicals102.9650-11.72%0.38%
ECLEcolab  Chemicals239.035033.49%0.37%
HLHecla  Gold5.875120.43%0.34%
ZEUSOlympic Steel Steel & Iron31.6627-17.63%0.32%
NEMNewmont  Gold54.07511.18%0.24%
CMCCommercial Metals Steel & Iron44.25172.71%0.20%
SHWSherwin-Williams  Chemicals332.20350.26%0.17%
BTUPeabody Energy Metals/Minerals12.6012-0.17%0.16%
CTVACorteva  Chemicals61.56692.17%0.15%
KWRQuaker Chemical Chemicals105.167-7.09%0.08%
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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 down by -1.16% and is currently outperforming the overall market by 4.99% year-to-date. Below is a quick view of Technical charts and trends:

XLB Weekly Chart
Long Term Trend: Not Good
Medium Term Trend: Very Good

XLB Daily Chart
Short Term Trend: Very Good
Overall Trend Score: 57
YTD Performance: -1.16%
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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 [59%] Intrepid Potash[53%] SSR [53%]
Newmont [46%] Royal Gold[38%] i-80 Gold[33%]
NovaGold [31%] United States[27%] Sensient Technologies[27%]
Dakota Gold[26%] Worthington Industries[25%] Insteel Industries[23%]
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
Kaiser Aluminum[6.1%] Compass Minerals[3.8%] SSR [3.7%]
BioAmber [3.6%] Green Plains[3.4%] Cleveland-Cliffs [3.3%]
Uranium Energy[2.9%] Tredegar [2.6%] i-80 Gold[2.3%]
Energy Fuels[2.2%] MP [1.8%] Balchem [1.6%]
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
Green Plains[-61%] Rayonier Advanced[-48%] Tronox [-44%]
Avantor [-41%] Peabody Energy[-40%] GrowGeneration [-39%]
Celanese [-37%] Olin [-35%] Minerals Technologies[-33%]
Alcoa [-32%] Albemarle [-32%] Valhi [-31%]
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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
Mosaic [100] Intrepid Potash[100] Worthington Industries[95]
United States[90] Sensient Technologies[90] SunCoke Energy[90]
Compass Minerals[90] NewMarket [83] Dakota Gold[83]
Freeport-McMoRan [83] Steel Dynamics[77] MP [76]
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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  82.775711.410.18-1.16%
GDXGold Miners  49.43661.381.2745.77%
UYMBasic Materials  21.26642.920.24-6.3%
XMEMetals and Mining 56.92522.410.670.42%
MOOAgribusiness  68.48741.730.716.14%
DBAAgriculture  27.29500.90-0.692.63%
GLDGold  309.07781.161.4227.65%
SLVSilver  30.19583.070.4714.66%
SLXSteel  60.60771.540.733.66%
 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 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 46203.6 Millions
Recent Price: 269.45    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: 0.74%    
Day Change: 2.02
Week Change: 0.88%    
Year-to-date Change: -6.0%
APD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Insteel Industries, Inc.IIIN Insteel Industries, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 269.488 Millions
Recent Price: 33.26    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 53
Day Percent Change: 3.45%    
Day Change: 1.13
Week Change: 0.79%    
Year-to-date Change: 23.3%
IIIN Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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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: 12.12    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 17
Day Percent Change: 3.25%    
Day Change: 0.57
Week Change: 0.75%    
Year-to-date Change: -23.1%
OEC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Nucor CorporationNUE Nucor Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 10281.8 Millions
Recent Price: 116.57    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 64
Day Percent Change: 1.41%    
Day Change: 2.06
Week Change: 0.73%    
Year-to-date Change: 0.3%
NUE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of RPM International Inc.RPM RPM International Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 6814.87 Millions
Recent Price: 105.11    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 57
Day Percent Change: 1.68%    
Day Change: 1.92
Week Change: 0.64%    
Year-to-date Change: -13.8%
RPM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Celanese CorporationCE Celanese Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 8521.06 Millions
Recent Price: 43.81    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 57
Day Percent Change: 2.13%    
Day Change: 2.75
Week Change: 0.64%    
Year-to-date Change: -36.7%
CE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of NewMarket CorporationNEU NewMarket Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 4543.77 Millions
Recent Price: 604.66    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 83
Day Percent Change: 20.86%    
Day Change: 97.19
Week Change: 0.61%    
Year-to-date Change: 15.1%
NEU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Ivanhoe Electric Inc.IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Copper
MarketCap: 1200 Millions
Recent Price: 6.59    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: 0.71%    
Day Change: 0.05
Week Change: 0.61%    
Year-to-date Change: -12.7%
IE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Ramaco Resources, Inc.METCB Ramaco Resources, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Coking Coal
MarketCap: 469 Millions
Recent Price: 8.95    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: 0.18%    
Day Change: 0.02
Week Change: 0.56%    
Year-to-date Change: -7.4%
METCB Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Ashland Global Holdings Inc.ASH Ashland Global Holdings Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 2764.16 Millions
Recent Price: 53.41    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 64
Day Percent Change: 2.22%    
Day Change: 1.92
Week Change: 0.55%    
Year-to-date Change: -24.8%
ASH Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Coeur Mining, Inc.CDE Coeur Mining, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 853.219 Millions
Recent Price: 5.70    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 25
Day Percent Change: 137.31%    
Day Change: 3.68
Week Change: 0.53%    
Year-to-date Change: -0.4%
CDE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Steel Dynamics, Inc.STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 4533.58 Millions
Recent Price: 127.94    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 77
Day Percent Change: 1.75%    
Day Change: 2.08
Week Change: 0.47%    
Year-to-date Change: 12.6%
STLD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Worthington Industries, Inc.WOR Worthington Industries, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 1354.48 Millions
Recent Price: 49.98    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 95
Day Percent Change: 3.00%    
Day Change: 1.35
Week Change: 0.46%    
Year-to-date Change: 25.1%
WOR Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Huntsman CorporationHUN Huntsman Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 3304.06 Millions
Recent Price: 13.39    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 42
Day Percent Change: 4.61%    
Day Change: 0.97
Week Change: 0.45%    
Year-to-date Change: -24.6%
HUN Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Central Garden & Pet CompanyCENTA Central Garden & Pet Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 953 Millions
Recent Price: 30.39    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 17
Day Percent Change: 2.74%    
Day Change: 0.91
Week Change: 0.4%    
Year-to-date Change: -8.1%
CENTA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of PPG Industries, Inc.PPG PPG Industries, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 20285.5 Millions
Recent Price: 102.96    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -11.72%    
Day Change: -16.80
Week Change: 0.38%    
Year-to-date Change: -13.3%
PPG Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Ecolab Inc.ECL Ecolab Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 46215.9 Millions
Recent Price: 239.03    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: 33.49%    
Day Change: 62.02
Week Change: 0.37%    
Year-to-date Change: 2.3%
ECL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Hecla Mining CompanyHL Hecla Mining Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 1048.49 Millions
Recent Price: 5.87    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 51
Day Percent Change: 20.43%    
Day Change: 1.05
Week Change: 0.34%    
Year-to-date Change: 19.6%
HL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Olympic Steel, Inc.ZEUS Olympic Steel, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 118.888 Millions
Recent Price: 31.66    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 27
Day Percent Change: -17.63%    
Day Change: -8.91
Week Change: 0.32%    
Year-to-date Change: -3.0%
ZEUS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Newmont CorporationNEM Newmont Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 33928.8 Millions
Recent Price: 54.07    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 51
Day Percent Change: 1.18%    
Day Change: 0.60
Week Change: 0.24%    
Year-to-date Change: 46.1%
NEM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Commercial Metals CompanyCMC Commercial Metals Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 1724.78 Millions
Recent Price: 44.25    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 17
Day Percent Change: 2.71%    
Day Change: 1.43
Week Change: 0.2%    
Year-to-date Change: -10.1%
CMC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of The Sherwin-Williams CompanySHW The Sherwin-Williams Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 40832.5 Millions
Recent Price: 332.20    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 35
Day Percent Change: 0.26%    
Day Change: 0.94
Week Change: 0.17%    
Year-to-date Change: -2.1%
SHW Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Peabody Energy CorporationBTU Peabody Energy Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 355.11 Millions
Recent Price: 12.60    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 12
Day Percent Change: -0.17%    
Day Change: -0.04
Week Change: 0.16%    
Year-to-date Change: -39.5%
BTU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Corteva, Inc.CTVA Corteva, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 18894.3 Millions
Recent Price: 61.56    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 69
Day Percent Change: 2.17%    
Day Change: 1.18
Week Change: 0.15%    
Year-to-date Change: 8.4%
CTVA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Quaker Chemical CorporationKWR Quaker Chemical Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 2411.67 Millions
Recent Price: 105.16    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 7
Day Percent Change: -7.09%    
Day Change: -12.75
Week Change: 0.08%    
Year-to-date Change: -24.7%
KWR Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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