On November 6, Freeport-McMoRan recorded an Intraday Rise of 3.07% in Regular Trading, trading at $59.54 per share with turnover of $199 million.
The move coincided with renewed strength in copper names. In the same sector, Southern Copper Corp rose 1.0%, Ero Copper rose 2.15%, Idaho Copper Corporation rose 14.23%, LION COPPER & GOLD CORP. rose 1.14%, and TREKOR METALS rose 0.57%.
Recent company developments also provided support. Freeport-McMoRan previously reported third-quarter revenue of $7.55 billion and adjusted EPS of $0.88, both above expectations, with copper production of 832 million pounds and gold production of 234,000 ounces. In addition, the board approved a $4.5 billion expansion and modernization plan for the Bagdad copper-molybdenum operation in Arizona, targeting long-term annual copper output of more than 400 million pounds, molybdenum output of more than 20 million pounds, and an estimated roughly 20% reduction in long-term unit net cash costs.
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