Topic Intelligence: materials

Last updated: 2026-01-08 16:31:49 ET

Overall Topic Sentiment (Range Avg): Optimistic 36.0

Mentions (24h)

vs prior 24h: +0.0%

Mentions (Range)

8 day range (Jan 1 - Jan 8)

Sentiment (Avg / Median)

36.0 / 50.0

Based on 9 articles in range

Sentiment Mix (Range)

67% 11% 22%

Coverage Z-Score

+0.68

24h mentions vs 90d baseline

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Latest Articles on "materials" (Range)

Construction News UK • 4h ago

Stagnant building materials market set to drag into 2026, BMF forecasts

Growth in the building materials market has stalled and is not expected to recover before mid-2026, according to the latest Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) data. The BMF’s Winter Forecast downgraded its annual sales growth projection for 2025 f...

Bullish 72.5

CNBC Top Stories • 20h ago

The materials sector has been on a hot streak. This ETF is ready to break out, charts show

The State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB) popped about 2% on Tuesday, notching a three-day win streak.

Strong Bullish 100.0

Pit & Quarry • 1d ago

Amrize to acquire PB Materials

The deal will give Amrize 26 sites and more than 50 years of aggregate reserves in West Texas. The post Amrize to acquire PB Materials first appeared ...

Neutral 0.0

ENR • 1d ago

Copy of - Construction Economics for December 29, 2025

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/e...

Bullish 50.0

ENR • 1d ago

Construction Economics for December 29, 2025

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/e...

Bullish 50.0

Venture Beat • 2d ago

Artificial Analysis overhauls its AI Intelligence Index, replacing popular benchmarks with 'real-world' tests

The arms race to build smarter AI models has a measurement problem: the tests used to rank them are becoming obsolete almost as quickly as the models ...

Pessimistic -12.5

Market Watch • 2d ago

Why chip stocks are extending their gains ahead of Nvidia’s CES speech

Lam, Applied Materials and KLA shares are some of the sector’s biggest winners upon heightened enthusiasm for the data-center build-out.

Bullish 63.6

Market Watch • 4d ago

How Trump’s Venezuela raid could worsen America’s affordability crisis

A spike in diesel oil prices could make goods and materials more expensive to deliver — risking higher inflation.

Strong Bearish -100.0

TechCrunch • 6d ago

The 16 top logistics, manufacturing, materials startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield

Here is the full list of the logistics, manufacturing, and materials Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on what made us select them ...