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Shares of Newmont Corp. slid 4.4% to $116.05 on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.8% to 7,683.69 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.7% to 51,481.51.
Newmont Corp. closed 14.2% short of its 52-week high of $135.29, which the company achieved on August 25th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its peers, as Royal Gold Inc. fell 4.8% to $240.32.
Trading volume totaled 6.8 million, compared to the 50-day average of 7.7 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet