Monday Sector Leaders: Precious Metals, General Contractors & Builders
updated Monday, August 17, 11:51 AMIn trading on Monday, precious metals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 4.6%. Leading the group were shares of Barrick Gold (GOLD), up about 11.6% and shares of Golden Minerals (AUMN) up about 10.6% on the day.
Also showing relative strength are general contractors & builders shares, up on the day by about 4.3% as a group, led by Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), trading up by about 16.7% and Beazer Homes USA (BZH), trading up by about 6.2% on Monday.
For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.