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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%
NTRNutrien  Agricultural Inputs59.75905.51%34.67%
IPIIntrepid Potash Agricultural Inputs28.9820-0.96%33.55%
CLFCleveland-Cliffs  Steel12.70902.09%33.12%
SXTSensient Technologies Chemicals91.75100.24%32.98%
GOLDBarrick Gold Gold21.07500.81%32.68%
CRHCRH  Building Materials121.141001.08%31.69%
MTRNMaterion Corp Other Industrial Metals & Mining123.46900.70%30.21%
STLDSteel Dynamics Steel144.411002.42%30.04%
VALEVale S.A. Other Industrial Metals & Mining11.02700.36%28.95%
SSLSasol  Chemicals6.1540-0.97%28.93%
TXTernium S.A. Steel35.3090-0.17%28.48%
UANCVR Partners Agricultural Inputs90.19200.08%28.32%
ICLICL  Agricultural Inputs6.26603.13%27.86%
CMTCore Molding Chemicals19.3530-2.96%24.04%
CPACCementos Pacasmayo Building Materials6.9250-3.89%23.79%
SQMSociedad Quimica Chemicals44.62902.55%23.77%
MLMMartin Marietta Building Materials627.87701.26%23.36%
NUENucor Corp Steel139.02602.68%22.50%
AVDAmerican Vanguard Agricultural Inputs5.51400.92%21.90%
NFGCNew Found Gold2.3450-3.31%21.24%
CMCCommercial Metals Steel58.6590-0.51%20.65%
IPXIperionX  Other Industrial Metals & Mining53.58415.96%20.63%
HCCWarrior Met Coking Coal64.6180-1.99%19.25%
ECLEcolab  Chemicals274.00901.59%19.25%
VMCVulcan  Building Materials303.37600.57%19.18%
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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 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 Nutrien LtdNTR Nutrien Ltd
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 27509.1 Millions
Recent Price: 59.75    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 5.50945%    
Day Change: 1.98
Week Change: 1.21972%    
Year-to-date Change: 34.7%
NTR 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 Cleveland-Cliffs IncCLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 5634.58 Millions
Recent Price: 12.70    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 2.09003%    
Day Change: 0.4
Week Change: 8.26939%    
Year-to-date Change: 33.1%
CLF 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 Barrick Gold CorporationGOLD Barrick Gold Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 31373.3 Millions
Recent Price: 21.07    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: 0.813397%    
Day Change: -9999
Week Change: 1.05516%    
Year-to-date Change: 32.7%
GOLD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of CRH PlcCRH CRH Plc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Building Materials
MarketCap: 75580 Millions
Recent Price: 121.14    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 1.07635%    
Day Change: -0.05
Week Change: 7.58437%    
Year-to-date Change: 31.7%
CRH Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Materion CorpMTRN Materion Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Other Industrial Metals & Mining
MarketCap: 2333.64 Millions
Recent Price: 123.46    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 0.701468%    
Day Change: -0.13
Week Change: 4.01887%    
Year-to-date Change: 30.2%
MTRN Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Steel Dynamics IncSTLD Steel Dynamics Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 19818.2 Millions
Recent Price: 144.41    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 2.41844%    
Day Change: 3.68
Week Change: 5.89572%    
Year-to-date Change: 30.0%
STLD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Vale S.A. ADRVALE Vale S.A. ADR
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Other Industrial Metals & Mining
MarketCap: 44395.3 Millions
Recent Price: 11.02    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: 0.364299%    
Day Change: -0.08
Week Change: 1.75439%    
Year-to-date Change: 29.0%
VALE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Sasol Ltd ADRSSL Sasol Ltd ADR
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 4487.4 Millions
Recent Price: 6.15    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: -0.966184%    
Day Change: -0.08
Week Change: -0.646204%    
Year-to-date Change: 28.9%
SSL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Ternium S.A. ADRTX Ternium S.A. ADR
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 6788.4 Millions
Recent Price: 35.30    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: -0.169683%    
Day Change: -0.19
Week Change: 2.4971%    
Year-to-date Change: 28.5%
TX 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 ICL Group LtdICL ICL Group Ltd
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Inputs
MarketCap: 7847.29 Millions
Recent Price: 6.26    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: 3.13015%    
Day Change: 0.14
Week Change: 1.9544%    
Year-to-date Change: 27.9%
ICL 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 Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. ADRCPAC Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. ADR
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Building Materials
MarketCap: 574.74 Millions
Recent Price: 6.92    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -3.88889%    
Day Change: 0.21
Week Change: -1.84397%    
Year-to-date Change: 23.8%
CPAC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera de Chile S.A. ADRSQM Sociedad Quimica Y Minera de Chile S.A. ADR
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 6549.73 Millions
Recent Price: 44.62    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 2.55114%    
Day Change: 0.68
Week Change: 2.05855%    
Year-to-date Change: 23.8%
SQM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Martin Marietta Materials, IncMLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Building Materials
MarketCap: 37548.9 Millions
Recent Price: 627.87    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: 1.25956%    
Day Change: 7.41
Week Change: 3.47231%    
Year-to-date Change: 23.4%
MLM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Nucor CorpNUE Nucor Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 33801.4 Millions
Recent Price: 139.02    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: 2.68114%    
Day Change: 3.44
Week Change: 1.92082%    
Year-to-date Change: 22.5%
NUE 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 New Found Gold CorpNFGC New Found Gold Corp
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 413.53 Millions
Recent Price: 2.34    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -3.30579%    
Day Change: 0.05
Week Change: 11.4286%    
Year-to-date Change: 21.2%
NFGC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Commercial Metals CoCMC Commercial Metals Co
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel
MarketCap: 6627.41 Millions
Recent Price: 58.65    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: -0.508906%    
Day Change: -0.11
Week Change: 2.82258%    
Year-to-date Change: 20.6%
CMC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of IperionX Ltd ADRIPX IperionX Ltd ADR
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Other Industrial Metals & Mining
MarketCap: 1620.42 Millions
Recent Price: 53.58    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 41
Day Percent Change: 5.96%    
Day Change: 2.34
Week Change: 4.21%    
Year-to-date Change: 20.6%
IPX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Warrior Met Coal IncHCC Warrior Met Coal Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Coking Coal
MarketCap: 3191.49 Millions
Recent Price: 64.61    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: -1.98726%    
Day Change: -0.5
Week Change: 3.59147%    
Year-to-date Change: 19.2%
HCC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Ecolab, IncECL Ecolab, Inc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 77588.4 Millions
Recent Price: 274.00    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 1.5906%    
Day Change: 4.19
Week Change: 2.62172%    
Year-to-date Change: 19.2%
ECL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Vulcan Materials CoVMC Vulcan Materials Co
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Building Materials
MarketCap: 38951.5 Millions
Recent Price: 303.37    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 60
Day Percent Change: 0.573531%    
Day Change: 2.35
Week Change: 3.2538%    
Year-to-date Change: 19.2%
VMC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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