Top Winners of BAsic Material: Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI), Platinum Group Metals (NYSEMKT:PLG), Harmony Gold (NYSE:HMY), Eagle Rock Energy (NASDAQ:EROC)

Shares of Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the eleven brokerages that are currently covering the company, Analyst Ratings Net reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. Gold Fields Limited (ADR) (NYSE:GFI) stock performance was 7.20% in last session and finished the day at $4.32. Traded volume was 4.08million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 5.81million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.65.

Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) has received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the fourteen ratings firms that are presently covering the stock. Franco-Nevada Corporation (NYSE:FNV) is a gold-focused royalty and stream company with interests in platinum group metals Limited (USA) (NYSEMKT:PLG), oil and gas and other resource assets.Platinum Group Metals Limited (USA) (NYSEMKT:PLG) rose 6.93 percent to $1.08 Friday on volume of 370,261.00million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $1.00 to $1.09. Platinum Group Metals Limited (USA) (NYSEMKT:PLG) has a market capitalization of $595.41million.

Harmony Gold Mining Co. (ADR) (NYSE:HMY) just saw its 50 Day Moving Average breakout above its 200 Day Simple moving average, a trend that could indicate some bullishness in the future for HMY. This trend may have already begun, as shares of Harmony Gold Mining Co. (ADR) (NYSE:HMY) have moved by higher by 6.8% in just the past month. Plus, HMY has earned itself a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Harmony Gold Mining Co. (ADR) (NYSE:HMY)’s stock on Apr 25, 2014 reported a increase of 5.03% to the closing price of $3.34. Its fifty two weeks range is $2.35 -$5.13. The total market capitalization recorded $1.46billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 1.96million shares. In its share capital, HMY has 432.37million outstanding shares.

Eagle Rock Energy Partners L.P. (NASDAQ:EROC) had its price target lowered by RBC Capital from $7.00 to $5.00 in a research report sent to investors on Thursday morning, StockRatingsNetwork reports. The firm currently has a sector perform rating on the stock. On Friday, shares of Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:EROC) advanced 8.68% to close the day at $4.38. Company return on investment (ROI) is -11.40% and its monthly performance is recorded as -15.77%. Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:EROC) quarterly revenue growth is -24.22%.