Commodity Stock Winners and Losers: Halliburton, ADM

Gold producers and other mining stocks were mixed Tuesday, while the shares of energy and agricultural companies were falling along with the broad market.

Among individual issues, Gold Fields (GFI Quote) was up 4.2% at $10.94, and IAMGold (IAG Quote) was rising 3.7% to $7.60.

On the downside, Rio Tinto (RTP Quote) fell again, this time by 4.4% to $126.90, and BHP Billiton (BHP Quote) was off 3.5% at $45.89.

Mining-equipment companies Joy Global (JOYG Quote) and Bucyrus International (BUCY Quote) gave up ground. Joy dropped 6.7% to $22.40, and Bucyrus was weaker by 3.7% at $16.88.

As for energy stocks, Apache (APA Quote) was one of the worst decliners, falling 4.9% to $62.70. Halliburton (HAL Quote) declined 4.7% to $16.20. National Oilwell Varco (NOV Quote) and Anadarko Petroleum (APC Quote) also lost more than 4% each.

Most integrated majors such as Exxon Mobil (XOM Quote) and Chevron (CVX Quote) were down, but the losses tended to be in the 2% to 3% range.

Agricultural stocks were also sluggish, led by an 11% selloff in oilseeds and corn processor Archer Daniels Midland (ADM Quote) to $25.54. The move came after Citigroup downgraded the shares to sell. Fertilizer firm Intrepid Potash (IPI Quote) was falling 6.3% to $19.06, and agribusiness concern Syngenta (SYT Quote) was losing 5.5% to $36.65.

Exchange-traded funds were generally dropping, as well. The Market Vectors Agribusiness (MOO Quote) was losing 3.2% to $28.93, and the U.S. Oil (USO Quote) was surrendering 3.9% to $29.05. The Gold Shares (GLD Quote) fund, however, was up 1.9% to $86.87.