Why These 5 Stocks Are Moving on Thursday

4. The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) is up more than 5% today. The stock price has been hovering around the highest level in the last nine years as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has disrupted the supply of fertilizer around the world. The CEO of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF), Tony Will, said at a conference that the inventories of fertilizer will be “as low as we have ever seen” as we are heading towards the summer season in the Northern hemisphere. The disruption will increase the cost of fertilizer, which will fall on the farmers, and as a result, food prices will further rise at a time when they are already at a decade high. Due to the conflict, there is a shortage of natural gas in Europe, and the sanctions of Belarus will impact its potential to supply 20% of the world’s potash.