Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Winner

Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) pushed the Metals & Mining industry higher today making it today's featured metals & mining winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Kinross Gold Corporation rose 18 cents (2.2%) to $8.43 on average volume. Throughout the day, 14.4 million shares of Kinross Gold Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $8.10-$8.43 after having opened the day at $8.33 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $8.25. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that increased today were: Oxford Resource Partners (OXF), up 10.3%, Vista Gold Corporation (VGZ), up 7.5%, Jaguar Mining (JAG), up 6.5%, and Uranium Resources (URRE), up 5.8%.

Kinross Gold Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in mining and processing gold ores. It is also involved in the exploration and acquisition of gold bearing properties. Kinross Gold Corporation has a market cap of $9.11 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are down 29.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Kinross Gold Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Kinross Gold Corporation as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its feeble growth in its earnings per share, deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself.

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On the negative front, Patriot Coal Corporation (PCX), down 9%, Anooraq Resources Corporation (ANO), down 6.5%, Minco Gold Corporation (MGH), down 6.1%, and Schnitzer Steel Industries (SCHN), down 5.3%, were all losers within the metals & mining industry with Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) being today's metals & mining industry loser.

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