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Top Agricultural Chemical Stocks (MON, MOS, RTK, AGU)

Top Agricultural Chemical Stocks

Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) slid 0.23% to $68.76. Monsanto Company along with its subsidiaries, is a provider of agricultural products for farmers. The Company's seeds, biotechnology trait products, and herbicides provide farmers with solutions that improve productivity, reduce the costs of farming, and produce better foods for consumers and better feed for animals.

The stock has average daily volume of 4.72 million shares. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $36.88 billion.

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) advanced 1.44% to $75.88. The Mosaic Company is a producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients for the global agriculture industry.

The stock opened at $75.12 and is trading within the range of $74.96-$76.80. The stock added more than 27% year-to-date.

Rentech, Inc. (AMEX:RTK) slid 0.81% to $1.23. The 52-week range of the stock is $0.69-$1.48.

Rentech, Inc. is a provider of clean energy solutions. The Company owns and operates a nitrogen fertilizer plant in East Dubuque, Illinois, that manufactures and sells natural gas-based nitrogen fertilizer products within the corn-belt region in the United States.

Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) is up 1.94% to $91.91. The 52-week range of the stock is $47.96-$91.98. The stock made its fresh one-year high of $91.98.

The average daily volume of the stock is 1.66 million shares. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $14.52 billion.

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