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Shares of Newmont Corp. rallied 7.8% to $125.08 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.2% to 7,707.98 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.2% to 53,463.05.
Newmont Corp. closed 7.3% below its 52-week high of $134.88, which the company reached on January 29th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Royal Gold Inc. rose 7.7% to $248.14.
Trading volume totaled 9.0 million, compared to the 50-day average of 8.1 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet