{"id":55,"date":"2026-07-13T09:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T09:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2026-07-13T09:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T09:11:13","slug":"materials-stocks-post-worst-day-in-over-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"Materials Stocks Post Worst Day in Over a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The S&amp;P 500&#8217;s materials sector suffered its steepest one-day decline in more than a year, sliding close to 3% and ranking as the weakest performer among the index&#8217;s eleven sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Packaging Names Lead Losses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smurfit WestRock and Amcor were among the hardest hit, tumbling more than 7% and 6% respectively, as the broader group came under heavy selling pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chemical Makers Buck the Trend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not every materials name struggled. LyondellBasell and Dow Inc. both posted gains, rising more than 4% and 3% respectively, limiting the damage across the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comparable to April 2025 Selloff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the decline held through the close, it would mark the sector&#8217;s worst single day since the tariff-driven selloff that rattled markets in early April 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Broader Context<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move came the same day President Trump&#8217;s comments on trade and the Middle East roiled multiple corners of the market, adding to volatility across commodity-linked sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The S&amp;P 500&#8217;s materials sector suffered its steepest one-day decline in more than a year, sliding close to 3% and ranking as the weakest performer among the index&#8217;s eleven sectors.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}