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May 31, 2023Markets were flat yesterday, yet Dupont De Nemours Inc, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A., FMC Corp showed impressive gains and made this list of top gainers.
Markets completed a mixed session yesterday while Nasdaq closed the day at 13,017, having gained 0.32%. Dow Jones lost 0.15% and ended the session at 33,043.
Current market events are being influenced by ambiguous macro data as United States Consumer Confidence beat the 99 projections, with 102.3.
Despite yesterday's flat session, several basic_materials stocks are managing to post notable gains. Take a look at the market's Top Gainers:
+0.6%: FMC levels up 0.6% in yesterday's session; traders eye opening bell in 4 hours time
FMC ended Friday at $103.59. yesterday it went up to $104.42 only to drop back, yet still managed to close at $104.21. The chemical manufacturing company's market cap currently stands at $13 billion with an average daily trading volume of 970,280 shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the S&P by 25.41%.
DuPont | Closed +2.2% at $68.72
The US-based agriculture and chemicals giant has fallen back around 13.56% from the significant high of $77.79 set 3 months ago. So far this year, it has been under-performing the S&P by 8.96%. Currently, the billion-dollar US industrial giant has a market capitalization of $31.54 billion with an average daily volume of 3.29 million shares. $3 billion was DuPont's last reported revenue with 84 cents being the current EPS.
+0.87%: risk-on sentiment allowed Sociedad Quimica y Minera to post 0.87% gain yesterday
The Chilean lithium miner went up to $66.87, gaining 0.87%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera's market cap currently stands at $19.10 billion with an average daily volume of 1.77 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 33.26%.
