In trading on Tuesday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.6%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Western Copper & Gold, off about 5.4% and shares of Coeur Mining down about 5.2% on the day.
Also lagging the market Tuesday are non-precious metals & non-metallic mining shares, down on the day by about 2.1% as a group, led down by Northern Dynasty Minerals, trading lower by about 24.5% and Contura Energy, trading lower by about 5.8%.
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