Discover which stocks outperformed yesterday's bearish market

Against the current: Markets slid, yet Albemarle Corp, Eagle Materials Inc., Martin Marietta Materials Inc went up and made this list of yesterday's top basic_materials stocks gainers.

Leading equity indices in the US declined as after dropping 0.72%, Dow Jones closed at 34,054. S&P 500 shed 0.47% and closed at 4,388.71.

Meanwhile, United States Building Permits (May) released yesterday at 12:30 UTC with a figure of 1.49 million, while the previous figure was 1.15 million.

Despite markets falling yesterday, some basic_materials stocks managed to post gains. Have a look at these Top Gainers.

+0.85%: Martin Marietta Materials appreciates 0.85% with $430.67 as the high of the day

An influx of buyers helped building materials supplier Martin Marietta, to end the session higher around $430.17, while establishing a $423.25 to $430.67 session range yesterday. Building materials supplier Martin Marietta,'s market cap currently stands at $26.66 billion with an average daily trading volume of 371,328 shares. So far this year, it has been beating the S&P 500 by 14.68%.

Albemarle | Up 1.77% to $232.22 yesterday

Pronounced bullish sentiment in the market helped the lithium giant to make a notable 1.77% gain yesterday, rising $4.05 and ultimately closing at $232.22.

Eagle | Closed +0.96% at $172.05

Approximately a day ago, the constructional materials supplier reached a significant high of $172.05 but has struggled to hold onto its gains and declined 0.95% since then. Currently, the constructional materials supplier has a market capitalization of $6 billion with an average daily volume of 388,560 shares. Eagle Materials has a forecast of $455.38 million with an EPS of $2.28.