Marketable Securities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Investments Debt And Equity Securities [Abstract]


	Fair value
	measurement	Market		Cost		Unrealized
Marketable security	level	value		basis		loss
		(In millions)
December 31, 2014
Valhi common stock	1	$	11.0	$	15.3	$	(4.3	)
NL and CompX common stocks	1		.1		.1		-
Total		$	11.1	$	15.4	$	(4.3	)

March 31, 2015
Valhi common stock	1	$	10.7	$	15.3	$	(4.6	)
NL and CompX common stocks	1		.1		.1		-
Total		$	10.8	$	15.4	$	(4.6	)

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of available-for-sale securities which includes, but is not limited to, changes in the cost basis and fair value, fair value and gross unrealized gain (loss), fair values by type of security, contractual maturity and classification, amortized cost basis, contracts to acquire securities to be accounted for as available-for-sale, debt maturities, transfers to trading, change in net unrealized holding gain (loss) net of tax, continuous unrealized loss position fair value, aggregate losses qualitative disclosures, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses or other disclosures related to available for sale securities.

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