Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model. 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 0.9%. By the end of trading, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold fell 41 cents (-1.2%) to $32.59 on average volume. Throughout the day, 11.5 million shares of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 14 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $32.42-$33.15 after having opened the day at $33.14 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that declined today were: Kimber Resources ( KBX), down 11.5%, Sutor Technology Group ( SUTR), down 9.4%, Entree Gold ( EGI), down 6.4%, and Oxford Resource Partners ( OXF), down 6%.
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