Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Winner
(
) pushed the Metals & Mining industry higher today making it today's featured metals & mining winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.7%. By the end of trading, Barrick Gold Corporation rose $0.96 (6.4%) to $16.02 on average volume. Throughout the day, 20,662,879 shares of Barrick Gold Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 21,857,200 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $15.17-$16.09 after having opened the day at $15.19 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $15.06. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that increased today were:
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), up 14.4%,
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), up 11.2%,
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), up 10.5% and
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), up 10.0%.
Barrick Gold Corporation engages in the production and sale of gold and copper. It is also involved in exploration and mine development activities. Barrick Gold Corporation has a market cap of $15.0 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are down 57.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Barrick Gold Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 17 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Barrick Gold Corporation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Barrick Gold Corporation Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 39.5%,
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), down 8.3%,
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), down 4.5% and
Solitario Exploration & Royalty
(
), down 4.3% , were all laggards within the metals & mining industry with
United States Steel Corporation
(
) being today's metals & mining industry laggard.
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) while those bearish on the metals & mining industry could consider
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