Basic Materials Stock Gainers: Walter Energy, Rockwood Holdings, VAALCO Energy, Braskem SA

Lakeway, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/20/2013 -- Bestdamnpennystocks, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:-

Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WLT) added 5.38% and ended at $39.96. Walter Energy, Inc. is a producer and exporter of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry and also produces steam coal, coal bed methane gas (natural gas), metallurgical coke and other related products. The Company operates in two segments: its United States Operations segment, and Canadian and United Kingdom Operations segment.

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Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ROC) is higher 5.98% and ended at $60.94. Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (Rockwood) is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials used for industrial and commercial purposes. Rockwood is focused on surface treatment and lithium chemicals, advanced ceramics, titanium dioxide pigments, iron-oxide pigments, timber-treatment chemicals and clay-based additives.

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VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:EGY) went up 5.64% and ended at $8.62. VAALCO Energy, Inc. (VAALCO) is an independent energy company principally engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas. VAALCO owns producing properties and conducts exploration activities as operator in Gabon, West Africa, conducts exploration activities as an operator in Angola, West Africa, and has conducted exploration activities as a non-operator in the British North Sea.

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Braskem SA (ADR) (NYSE:BAK) is higher 7.42% and ended at $15.50. Braskem SA, formerly Copene Petroquimica do Nordeste SA, is a Brazil-based company primarily engaged in the manufacture of basic petrochemical products. The Company’s products portfolio includes ethylene, propylene, butadiene, toluene, xylene, benzene, gasoline, diesel oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), as well as thermoplastic resins, such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

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