The basic materials sector encompasses companies that manufacture chemicals, building materials, and paper products. This sector is also engaged in commodities exploration and processing. According to ...

The Morningstar US Basic Materials Index underperformed the broader market during the fourth quarter of 2023. The index was up 10.4% during the quarter, but that rally was 110 basis points below the ...

IYM is 1/10 the size of peer XLB, and there are many good reasons for that. Concentrating on the metals and mining industry within the basic materials sector can outperform the broader materials ...

The latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET.

The Morningstar US Basic Materials Index vastly underperformed the market by nearly 28 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2024. In agriculture and chemicals, we attribute the underperformance ...

The latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0957 ET – Norsk Hydro, a major player in producing raw aluminum and ...