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12Stocks.com Materials Stocks Performances & Trends Daily
June 19, 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 64 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Materials sector in short term neutral to bullish trend.

The Smart Investing & Trading Score from previous trading session is 51 and hence an improvement of trend.

 Year To Date Performance: 3.9 %
 Weekly Performance: -0.42 %
 Daily Performance: -0.29 %
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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%
UUUUEnergy Fuels Metals/Minerals5.7790-1.87%12.48%
ECLEcolab  Chemicals260.2226-0.43%11.34%
LINLinde  Chemicals458.700-0.48%9.93%
KALUKaiser Aluminum Aluminum75.2251-1.83%9.53%
FCXFreeport-McMoRan  Copper41.1871-0.46%9.04%
NUENucor  Steel & Iron126.181003.26%8.60%
PRMPerimeter  Chemicals13.24760.84%3.60%
NGVTIngevity  Chemicals41.3841-0.10%1.55%
WDFCWD-40  Chemicals243.5258-0.40%1.19%
CMCCommercial Metals Steel & Iron49.041000.16%-0.39%
UECUranium Energy Metals/Minerals6.65880.30%-0.60%
BCPCBalchem  Chemicals159.77170.28%-1.98%
ROCKGibraltar Industries Steel & Iron57.69420.59%-2.05%
SHWSherwin-Williams  Chemicals331.4700.13%-2.28%
KOPKoppers  Chemicals31.1551-1.49%-3.60%
APDAir Products Chemicals 275.3810-0.60%-3.89%
ZEUSOlympic Steel Steel & Iron30.9967-0.23%-5.09%
CENXCentury Aluminum Aluminum17.2615-4.16%-5.27%
SMGScotts Miracle-Gro Chemicals60.85590.48%-7.30%
CENTACentral Garden Chemicals30.34280.53%-8.20%
PPGPPG Industries Chemicals108.24350.65%-8.86%
IFF Flavors Chemicals74.890-0.19%-10.98%
DDDuPont de Chemicals66.8625-0.42%-11.87%
RPMRPM  Chemicals107.020-0.32%-12.25%
HCCWarrior Met Metals/Minerals47.01500.60%-13.18%
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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 3.9% and is currently outperforming the overall market by 2.06% year-to-date. Below is a quick view of Technical charts and trends:

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

XLB Daily Chart
Short Term Trend: Not Good
Overall Trend Score: 64
YTD Performance: 3.9%
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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 [139%] SSR [88%] Dakota Gold[76%]
Intrepid Potash[72%] Compass Minerals[72%] Coeur [58%]
Newmont [57%] Mosaic [50%] i-80 Gold[48%]
Worthington Industries[47%] Royal Gold[37%] Sensient Technologies[36%]
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
MP [21.8%] i-80 Gold[7.8%] Ivanhoe Electric[7.7%]
Uranium Energy[6.4%] Peabody Energy[4.6%] Intrepid Potash[4.5%]
Nucor [3.5%] SSR [2.8%] Energy Fuels[2.7%]
SunCoke Energy[2.5%] Corteva [2.3%] Cleveland-Cliffs [2.2%]
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
Rayonier Advanced[-53%] Tronox [-44%] Olin [-42%]
Huntsman [-41%] Green Plains[-40%] Westlake Chemical[-38%]
Kronos Worldwide[-37%] Avantor [-37%] Orion Engineered[-36%]
Sylvamo [-36%] Chemours [-34%] Valhi [-33%]
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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
Ivanhoe Electric[100] MP [100] Nucor [100]
SSR [100] Peabody Energy[100] Commercial Metals[100]
Green Plains[95] Sensient Technologies[90] i-80 Gold[90]
Mosaic [90] Corteva [90] Energy Fuels[90]
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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  87.0164-0.29-0.423.9%
GDXGold Miners  53.0051-0.95-2.6856.3%
UYMBasic Materials  23.1420-0.86-0.921.98%
XMEMetals and Mining 66.6890-0.122.0217.64%
MOOAgribusiness  74.3766-0.60.2415.27%
DBAAgriculture  26.7841-0.41-0.670.71%
GLDGold  310.2653-0.54-1.9128.14%
SLVSilver  33.2783-1.390.9126.36%
SLXSteel  64.8171-0.240.5610.86%
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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 Energy Fuels Inc.UUUU Energy Fuels Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 107.61 Millions
Recent Price: 5.77    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: -1.87%    
Day Change: -0.11
Week Change: 2.67%    
Year-to-date Change: 12.5%
UUUU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Ecolab Inc.ECL Ecolab Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 46215.9 Millions
Recent Price: 260.22    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 26
Day Percent Change: -0.43%    
Day Change: -1.12
Week Change: -1.51%    
Year-to-date Change: 11.3%
ECL 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: 88539.2 Millions
Recent Price: 458.70    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -0.48%    
Day Change: -2.2
Week Change: -1.56%    
Year-to-date Change: 9.9%
LIN Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Kaiser Aluminum CorporationKALU Kaiser Aluminum Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 969.808 Millions
Recent Price: 75.22    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 51
Day Percent Change: -1.83%    
Day Change: -1.4
Week Change: -1.38%    
Year-to-date Change: 9.5%
KALU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Freeport-McMoRan Inc.FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Copper
MarketCap: 9070.57 Millions
Recent Price: 41.18    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 71
Day Percent Change: -0.46%    
Day Change: -0.19
Week Change: 0.59%    
Year-to-date Change: 9.0%
FCX 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: 126.18    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 3.26%    
Day Change: 3.98
Week Change: 3.49%    
Year-to-date Change: 8.6%
NUE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Perimeter Solutions, SAPRM Perimeter Solutions, SA
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 930 Millions
Recent Price: 13.24    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 76
Day Percent Change: 0.84%    
Day Change: 0.11
Week Change: 0.68%    
Year-to-date Change: 3.6%
PRM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Ingevity CorporationNGVT Ingevity Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1325.47 Millions
Recent Price: 41.38    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 41
Day Percent Change: -0.1%    
Day Change: -0.04
Week Change: -1.5%    
Year-to-date Change: 1.6%
NGVT Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of WD-40 CompanyWDFC WD-40 Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 2900.57 Millions
Recent Price: 243.52    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 58
Day Percent Change: -0.4%    
Day Change: -0.98
Week Change: 0.83%    
Year-to-date Change: 1.2%
WDFC 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: 49.04    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 0.16%    
Day Change: 0.08
Week Change: 1.36%    
Year-to-date Change: -0.4%
CMC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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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: 6.65    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 88
Day Percent Change: 0.3%    
Day Change: 0.02
Week Change: 6.4%    
Year-to-date Change: -0.6%
UEC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Balchem CorporationBCPC Balchem Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 3330.17 Millions
Recent Price: 159.77    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 17
Day Percent Change: 0.28%    
Day Change: 0.45
Week Change: -1.09%    
Year-to-date Change: -2.0%
BCPC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Gibraltar Industries, Inc.ROCK Gibraltar Industries, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 1341.08 Millions
Recent Price: 57.69    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 42
Day Percent Change: 0.59%    
Day Change: 0.34
Week Change: 0.86%    
Year-to-date Change: -2.1%
ROCK Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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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: 331.47    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: 0.13%    
Day Change: 0.44
Week Change: -1.31%    
Year-to-date Change: -2.3%
SHW 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: 31.15    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 51
Day Percent Change: -1.49%    
Day Change: -0.47
Week Change: -2.38%    
Year-to-date Change: -3.6%
KOP Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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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: 275.38    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: -0.6%    
Day Change: -1.67
Week Change: -1.78%    
Year-to-date Change: -3.9%
APD 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: 30.99    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 67
Day Percent Change: -0.23%    
Day Change: -0.07
Week Change: 1.64%    
Year-to-date Change: -5.1%
ZEUS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Century Aluminum CompanyCENX Century Aluminum Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 266.408 Millions
Recent Price: 17.26    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 15
Day Percent Change: -4.16%    
Day Change: -0.75
Week Change: -9.44%    
Year-to-date Change: -5.3%
CENX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of The Scotts Miracle-Gro CompanySMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 5210.89 Millions
Recent Price: 60.85    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 59
Day Percent Change: 0.48%    
Day Change: 0.29
Week Change: -0.49%    
Year-to-date Change: -7.3%
SMG 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: 30.34    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 28
Day Percent Change: 0.53%    
Day Change: 0.16
Week Change: 0.36%    
Year-to-date Change: -8.2%
CENTA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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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: 108.24    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 35
Day Percent Change: 0.65%    
Day Change: 0.7
Week Change: 1.83%    
Year-to-date Change: -8.9%
PPG Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 12178.7 Millions
Recent Price: 74.89    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -0.19%    
Day Change: -0.14
Week Change: -1.58%    
Year-to-date Change: -11.0%
IFF Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 25631.6 Millions
Recent Price: 66.86    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 25
Day Percent Change: -0.42%    
Day Change: -0.28
Week Change: -0.01%    
Year-to-date Change: -11.9%
DD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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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: 107.02    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 0
Day Percent Change: -0.32%    
Day Change: -0.34
Week Change: -0.98%    
Year-to-date Change: -12.3%
RPM 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: 47.01    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: 0.6%    
Day Change: 0.28
Week Change: 0.47%    
Year-to-date Change: -13.2%
HCC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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