Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX): Today's Featured Metals & Mining Winner

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Barrick Gold Corporation ( ABX) pushed the Metals & Mining industry higher today making it today's featured metals & mining winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 2.6%. By the end of trading, Barrick Gold Corporation rose $0.54 (3.1%) to $18.10 on average volume. Throughout the day, 20,645,469 shares of Barrick Gold Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 19,580,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $17.37-$18.15 after having opened the day at $17.58 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $17.56. Other companies within the Metals & Mining industry that increased today were: Alexco Resource ( AXU), up 18.5%, International Tower Hill Mines ( THM), up 16.9%, Quest Rare Minerals ( QRM), up 16.4% and Banro Corporation ( BAA), up 16.2%.

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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 $16.6 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are down 52.8% 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 hold. 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.

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On the negative front, Crosshair Energy ( CXZ), down 10.3%, Uranerz Energy Corporation ( URZ), down 8.4%, Avalon Rare Metals ( AVL), down 4.3% and Cameco ( CCJ), down 3.5%.

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