Find out which stocks performed best in today's range-bound market

Markets were flat today, yet Eagle Materials Inc., Avantor, Inc., Martin Marietta Materials Inc showed impressive gains and made this list of top gainers.

Markets did not have a clear cut direction — Dow Jones closed at 33,900, a 0.23% change. Nasdaq closed at 12,157 after a flat day.

Current market events are being influenced by ambiguous macro data as highly important Crude Oil Inventories data from United States beat analyst expectations of -1 million with a reading of -4.58 million.

Despite today's flat session, several basic_materials stocks are managing to post notable gains. Take a look at the market's Top Gainers:

Martin Marietta Materials | Up 0.95% to $356.8 today

The supplier of aggregates and heavy building materials reached a significant high of $382.8 around 2 months ago but has lost 7.67% since then. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the S&P by 3.04%. The company's market cap currently stands at $22.12 billion with an average daily trading volume of 357,906 shares. Martin Marietta Materials expected revenue of $1.42 billion with an EPS of $3.03.

Avantor | Closed +1.13% at $20.67

Avantor ended yesterday at $20.44. today it went up to $20.89 only to drop back, yet still managed to close at $20.67.

+1.69%: Eagle Materials posts solid session with 1.69% gain; upside capped at $146.25

Bullish sentiment helped the Texan building materials company to hammer out a noteworthy $143.39 to $146.25 range today, and finally closing at $146.14 to end the session. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $5.27 billion with an average daily volume of 236,132 shares.