In trading on Thursday, general contractors & builders shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 4.3%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Tri Pointe Group, down about 7.7% and shares of Pultegroup off about 6.9% on the day.

Also lagging the market Thursday are precious metals shares, down on the day by about 2.3% as a group, led down by Sierra Metals, trading lower by about 8.8% and Harmony Gold Mining, trading lower by about 6.1%.