iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (IYM) closed at $179.90 on November 6, 2026, up 0.4% from the previous close, on volume of 288,874 shares (30-day average 239,582).
Data as of November 6, 2026.
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The iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the basic materials sector. IYM changed its index from the Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index to the Russell 1000 Basic Materials RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index.
iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol IYM.
As of November 6, 2026, IYM stock price climbed to $179.90 with 288,874 million shares trading.
IYM has a beta of 0.68, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. IYM has a correlation of 0.16 to the broad based SPY ETF.
IYM has a market cap of $1.20 billion. This is considered a Small Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, IYM traded as high as $197.36 and as low as $115.07.
IYM has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +30.4% while the SPY ETF gained +10.8%. IYM has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -2.1% and +0.8%, respectively, while the SPY returned -4.1% and -3.2%, respectively.
IYM support price is $176.98 and resistance is $181.50 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that IYM shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
