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March 16, 2023Against the current: Markets slid, yet Newmont Corporation, Barrick Gold Corporation, Gold Fields Limited went up and made this list of yesterday's top basic_materials stocks gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US declined as after dropping 0.87%, Dow Jones closed at 31,875. S&P 500 shed 0.7% and closed at 3,892.
Even though markets fell yesterday, some basic_materials stocks were bullish. Have a look at these Top Gainers from yesterday's session:
Newmont | Up 2.76% to $46.11 yesterday
The gold mining company is now trading 47.47% below the significant high of $85.42 it set around 10 months ago. So far this year, it has been under-performing the S&P by 9.85%. The company's market cap currently stands at $36.63 billion with an average daily volume of 7.64 million shares. $3.2 billion was Newmont's last reported revenue with 44 cents being the current EPS.
+2.4%: Barrick Gold gains 2.4% within $17.18 to $17.55 daily range
Barrick Gold climbs 2.4% to close at $17.48 yesterday. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $30.68 billion with an average daily trading volume of 18.42 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 11.55%.
Gold Fields closes at $10.95, up 1.86%, adding one more to its 5th straight day of gains
Gold Fields rose 20 cents to close at $10.95 yesterday which makes for a move of 1.86%. The company has a market cap of $9.78 billion with an average daily volume of 5.52 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 9.56%.
