Shares of Newmont Corp. NEM, -1.45% slid 0.96% to $58.79 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.92% falling 1.15% to 3,854.43 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.62% falling 0.52% to 31,173.84. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Newmont Corp. closed $27.58 short of its 52-week high ($86.37), which the company achieved on April 18th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Barrick Gold Corp. GOLD, -3.18% fell 1.16% to $16.98, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX, -2.27% fell 3.89% to $26.91, and Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. AEM, -2.23% fell 0.62% to $44.89. Trading volume (4.1 M) remained 2.0 million below its 50-day average volume of 6.1 M.