New York 8/4/2011 2:16:20 AM
Basic Material Stocks in the Red (CAS) (OC) (NL) (MWA) (BKI) Reports Greatstocks.info
Shares of A.M. Castle & Co. (CAS) fell off a cliff in today's trading. The stock was down 9.97%, moving down to $15.98 per share. In the last 12 months, A.M. Castle & Co. has seen a high of $19.29 and a low of $12.66 per share.
Owens Corning (OC) stock dropped $1.44 per share or 4.05%, falling to $34.11. Stock volume in Owens Corning was 1 million shares in the trading session. This high volume usually confirms the trend in the movement of the stock price.
NL Industries, Inc. got pounded today, falling by 6.66% to $17.11 per share. Stock volume in NL Industries, Inc. was 24,242 shares in the trading session.
Mueller Water Products dropped sharply by 7.64%, falling to $2.9 in today's trading. 1 million shares were traded so far in today's session. On average, a total of 1 million shares are exchanged in MWA each day. This high volume usually confirms the trend in the movement of the stock price.
Buckeye Technologies Inc. (BKI) stock struggled to keep afloat today, and fell by 4.52% to $26.39 per share. Shares of Buckeye Technologies Inc. have traded as high as $29.45 per share and as low as $10.61 in the last year.