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Materials

Includes companies that produce raw materials used in construction, industry and manufacturing. Main sub-sectors: basic and specialty chemicals, metals and minerals, paper, glass, plastics. Characteristics: high cyclicality, sensitivity to commodity prices, environmental impact and ESG regulation.

Materials sector: stacked ingots and a line that swings wider than the economic cycle, tied to commodity prices, with its sub-sectors: chemicals, metals and minerals, paper and glass.
Materials is a cyclical sector, sensitive to commodity prices.
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