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In trading on Friday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.5%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Yamana Gold ( AUY ), off about 10% and shares of Vista Gold Corp ( VGZ ) down about 8.5% on the day.
Also lagging the market Friday are metals & mining shares, down on the day by about 1.5% as a group, led down by Cloud Peak Energy ( CLD ), trading lower by about 20.8% and Lithium Americas ( LAC ), trading lower by about 6.2%.
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