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Basic Materials Sector Review: Winners, Losers, and Most Active Stocks

By Dave Friedman

September 13 2011 Tweet Email This

Wall St. Watchdog reveals information about today’s action in the Basic Materials sector (NYSE:XLB):

Gainer (% price change)

Paramount Gold and Silver (AMEX:PZG): The shares closed at $2.92, up $0.53, or 22.18%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $397.69 million. About the company: Paramount Gold and Silver Corporation explores for precious metals in Mexico.
Chase Corporation (AMEX:CCF): The shares closed at $11.34, up $0.79, or 7.49%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $101.65 million. About the company: Chase Corporation manufactures protective coatings and tape products. The Company’s products consist of insulating and conducting materials, protective pipe coating tapes and other protectants, protectants for highway bridge deck metal surfaces, thermo-electric insulation, and moisture protective coatings. Chase, through its subsidiary, provides circuit board assembly service.
RTI Intl. Metals, Inc. (NYSE:RTI): The shares closed at $24.77, up $1.66, or 7.18%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $747.81 million. About the company: RTI International Metals, Inc., through subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes titanium and specialty metal mill products, extruded shapes, and engineered systems. The Company’s products are used for aerospace, industrial, and consumer applications.
Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN): The shares closed at $12.14, up $0.74, or 6.49%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $2.94 billion. About the company: Huntsman Corporation manufactures differentiated and commodity chemical products. The Company markets a broad range of chemical products and formulations to a diversified group of consumer and industrial customers. Huntsman’s products are used in a range of applications, including those in adhesives, aerospace, automotive, construction products, and consumer products.
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (NYSE:IVN): The shares closed at $21.94, up $1.33, or 6.45%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $15.59 billion. About the company: Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. explores for and develops mineral and metal properties in Asia and Australia. The Company explores for gold and copper at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in southern Mongolia; and holds interests in companies that mine coal in Mongolia, molybdenum and rhenium in Australia, and gold at the Kyzyl Gold Project in Kazakhstan.

Loser (% price change)

Hadera Paper Ltd. (AMEX:AIP): The shares closed at $34.90, down $2.55, or 6.81%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $225.11 million. About the company: Hadera Paper Ltd. manufactures paper and paper products. The Company produces and markets a variety of paper types, household paper products, feminine hygiene products, disposable baby diapers, absorbent products for adults, detergents and cleaning products. Hadera Paper Ltd is also involved in recycling operations in the fields of paper and plastics.
Northern Dynasty Minerals (AMEX:NAK): The shares closed at $8.87, down $0.25, or 2.74%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $842.42 million. About the company: Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. explores for gold, copper, and molybdenum in Alaska.
OMNOVA Solutions Inc. (NYSE:OMN): The shares closed at $4.11, down $0.08, or 1.91%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $186.78 million. About the company: Omnova Solutions Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals, and decorative and building products for industrial, commercial, and consumer markets. The Performance Chemicals unit serves the paper, carpet, and textile industries. The Decorative & Building Products unit manufactures products such as wallcovering, coated fabrics, and vinyl woodgrain.
Braskem SA (NYSE:BAK): The shares closed at $19.28, down $0.35, or 1.78%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $7.70 billion. About the company: Braskem S.A. produces petrochemicals and generates electricity. The Company produces ethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene, xylenes, butadiene, butene, isoprene, dicyclopentediene, MTBE, caprolactam, ammonium sulfate, cyclohexene, polyethylene theraphtalat, polyethylene, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
Gold Reserve Inc. (AMEX:GRZ): The shares closed at $2.92, down $0.05, or 1.68%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $173.87 million. About the company: Gold Reserve Inc. acquires, explores, and develops mineral properties. The Company is currently developing the Brisas gold and copper project in southeastern Venezuela.

Most Actives (dollar volume)

Freeport-McMoRan Copper (NYSE:FCX): The shares closed at $42.00, up $0.69, or 1.67%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $39.81 billion. About the company: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., through its subsidiary, is a copper, gold and molybdenum mining company. The Company primarily mines for copper and owns mining interests in Chile and Indonesia. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold also, through a subsidiary, is involved in smelting and refining of copper concentrates.
Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE:NEM): The shares closed at $64.27, up $0.2, or 0.31%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $31.76 billion. About the company: Newmont Mining Corporation acquires, explores, and develops mineral properties. The Company produces gold from operations in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, Canada, New Zealand and Mexico. Newmont also mines and processes copper in Indonesia.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours (NYSE:DD): The shares closed at $44.66, up $0.38, or 0.86%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $41.65 billion. About the company: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company is a global chemical and life sciences company, with businesses that include agriculture and industrial biotechnology, chemistry, biology, materials science and manufacturing. The Company operates globally and offers a wide range of products and services for markets including agriculture and food, building and construction, electronics and communications.
Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG): The shares closed at $52.19, down $0.82, or 1.55%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $42.15 billion. About the company: Goldcorp, Inc. is a North American gold producer. The Company has gold mining operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Australia. Goldcorp owns the Red Lake mine in Ontario.
Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON): The shares closed at $67.40, up $1.53, or 2.32%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $36.04 billion. About the company: Monsanto Company provides agricultural products for farmers. The Company’s business segments are seeds and genomics. Monsanto produces a wide range of seeds and develops biotechnology traits that assist farmers in controlling insects and weeds as well as provides other seed companies with genetic material and biotechnology traits for their seed brands.