Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Laggard

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold was a leading decliner within the metals & mining industry, falling $0.34 (-1.2%) to $27.34 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold

(

FCX

) pushed the Metals & Mining industry lower today making it today's featured Metals & Mining laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.4%. By the end of trading, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold fell $0.34 (-1.2%) to $27.34 on light volume. Throughout the day, 11,371,889 shares of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 20,144,900 shares. The stock ranged in price between $26.95-$27.70 after having opened the day at $27.63 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $27.68. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that declined today were:

Sibanye Gold Ltd ADR

(

SBGL

), down 50.9%,

USEC

(

USU

), down 39.5%,

Crosshair Energy

(

CXZ

), down 28.7% and

Rubicon Minerals

(

RBY

), down 8.8%.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. engages in the exploration of mineral resource properties. The company primarily explores for copper, gold, molybdenum, cobalt, silver, and other metals, such as rhenium and magnetite. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold has a market cap of $26.3 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are down 19.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

On the positive front,

Kimber Resources

(

KBX

), up 16.6%,

China Gengsheng Minerals

(

CHGS

), up 14.9%,

ProShares UltraPro Short 20+ Year Treasury

(

TTT

), up 10.3% and

Polymet Mining

(

PLM

), up 8.5% , were all gainers within the metals & mining industry with

ArcelorMittal

(

MT

) being today's featured metals & mining industry leader.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the metals & mining industry could consider

SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF

(

XME

) while those bearish on the metals & mining industry could consider

PowerShares DB Base Metals Sht ETN

(

BOS

).

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