Shares of construction-materials companies powered higher Wednesday, with some climbing the ladder to all-time highs, amid expectations that a Donald Trump presidency will line the pockets of road and bridge fixers and the potential builders of his border wall.

Vulcan Materials Co.’s stock VMC, -0.73% rocketed $11.82, or 9.9%, to a record close. p

Shares of Vulcan, which produces and distributes construction materials, such as cement, asphalt mix, crushed stone and gravel, posted the biggest one-day price gain since the stock went public in January 1972. The percentage gain was the biggest in four years.

Martin Marietta Materials Inc. shares VMC, -0.73% shot up $23.38, or 12%, also to a record high, and with the biggest price gain since it went public in February 1994.

In comparison, the S&P 500 index SPX, -2.22% rose 1.1%, and was 1.2% away from its Aug. 15 record close of 2,190.15.

A key policy stance of President-elect Trump has been his vow to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. He has also promised to boost public infrastructure spending, including fixing roads, bridges and tunnels.

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Jason Pride, director of investment strategy at wealth management firm Glenmede, which oversees $32 billion under management, said in a note to clients that with a Trump as president, and with Republicans sweeping Congress, the promise to increase infrastructure spending, “has the highest likelihood of policy follow-through.”

This would be a welcome change. An J.P. Morgan equity strategy research note said U.S. spending on infrastructure as a share of gross domestic product “is near record lows.”

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Among other construction-materials companies, shares of Granite Construction Inc. GVA, +2.07% ran up 11% to a nine-year high, and Eagle Materials Inc. EXP, -3.58% surged 8.4% to a two-year high.

Elsewhere, USG Corp. shares US:USG were hiked up 1.9%, U.S. Concrete Inc.’s stock USCR, -2.04% climbed 11% and Summit Materials Inc. shares SUM, -1.94% rallied 9.4%.

Meanwhile, the U.S.-listed shares of Cemex SAB de CV , the Mexico-based cement giant, tumbled 7.1% amid a broad, sharp selloff in the Mexican stock market.