In trading on Wednesday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 5.1%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Tanzanian Royalty Exploration ( TRX ), off about 10.3% and shares of Hudbay Minerals ( HBM ) down about 8.6% on the day.

Also lagging the market Wednesday are non-precious metals & non-metallic mining shares, down on the day by about 4.3% as a group, led down by Reto Eco-Solutions ( RETO ), trading lower by about 10.8% and Century Aluminum Company ( CENX ), trading lower by about 10.3%.

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