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Basic Materials Sector Review: Winning and Losing Stocks on Oct 31st

By Stella Mariz

October 31 2011 Tweet Email This

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

Gainers (% price change)

Gold Reserve Inc. (AMEX:GRZ): The shares closed at $2.42, up $0.4, or 19.8%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $144.10 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.
Schweitzer-Mauduit Intl (NYSE:SWM): The shares closed at $71.32, up $11.76, or 19.74%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $1.15 billion. About the company: Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. manufactures and sells fine papers to the tobacco industry. The Company also produces specialty paper products for use in other applications such as alkaline batteries, vacuum cleaner bags, business forms, and printing and packaging applications.
USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU): The shares closed at $2.09, up $0.22, or 11.76%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $254.93 million. About the company: USEC Inc. is a global energy company that supplies low enriched uranium (“LEU”) for commercial nuclear power plants. The Company, through its subsidiary, operates a uranium enrichment facility in Kentucky.
Mechel OAO (NYSE:MTL): The shares closed at $12.88, up $1.15, or 9.8%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $5.36 billion. About the company: Mechel is a Russian metals and mining company, uniting producers of steel, rolled products, hardware, coal, iron ore concentrate, and nickel. The Company’s products are marketed domestically and internationally.
Aluminum Corp. of China (NYSE:ACH): The shares closed at $13.10, up $1.16, or 9.72%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $7.09 billion. About the company: Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, also known as Chalco, is a producer of alumina and primary aluminum in China. The Company refines bauxite into alumina and smelts aluminato to produce primary aluminum.

Losers (% price change)

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB): The shares closed at $69.30, down $3.7, or 5.07%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $27.15 billion. About the company: Kimberly-Clark Corporation is a global health and hygiene company that manufactures and provides consumer products. The Company’s products include diapers, tissues, paper towels, incontinence care products, surgical gowns, and disposable face masks. Kimberly-Clark’s products are sold in countries around the world.
Omega Flex, Inc. (NASDAQ:OFLX): The shares closed at $11.46, down $0.26, or 2.19%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $115.68 million. About the company: Omega Flex, Inc. manufactures flexible metal hose. The Company’s product is used in a variety of applications to carry gases within residential and commercial buildings, vibration absorbers in high vibration applications, and other types of gases and fluids in a number of industrial applications.
KMG Chemicals, Inc. (NASDAQ:KMGB): The shares closed at $13.60, down $0.17, or 1.23%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $154.03 million. About the company: KMG Chemicals, Inc. manufactures, formulates, and globally distributes specialty chemicals. The Company operates segments involved in the electronic chemicals, industrial wood preserving, and animal health businesses.
ADA-ES, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADES): The shares closed at $17.33, down $0.2, or 1.14%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $132.74 million. About the company: ADA-ES, Inc. is an environmental technology/specialty company that supplies powdered activated carbon, injection systems, and related services. The Company helps electric utility companies meet environmental regulations. ADA-ES provides ash improvements, optimizes baghouse performance, provides flue gas conditioning additives, and provides other products and services.
Spartech Corporation (NYSE:SEH): The shares closed at $4.00, down $0.04, or 0.99%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $123.32 million. About the company: Spartech Corporation produces engineered thermoplastic materials, polymer compounds, and molded and profile products for a variety of manufacturing customers. The Company’s facilities process extruded sheet and rollstock, specialty plastic alloys, compounds and color concentrates, and molded and profile products.