On August 18, Wheaton Precious Metals declined 3.14% in regular trading, trading at $132.28/share, with turnover of $71.93 million.

The decline was driven by broad weakness across the gold sector, compounded by the company's previously reported Q2 earnings that missed market expectations. Specifically, the company posted Q2 adjusted EPS of $1.19, falling short of the consensus estimate of $1.23 by 3.25%. Revenue came in at $929.2 million, also below certain institutional estimates of $947.7 million. Despite representing an 88.89% year-over-year increase in EPS, the results underwhelmed relative to elevated expectations heading into the report.

Within the Gold sector, the overall segment experienced notable selling pressure. Among individual stocks, Newmont Mining fell 3.0%, Coeur Mining fell 3.57%, Pan American Silver fell 3.08%, Barrick Mining Corporation fell 1.94%, and Agnico Eagle Mines fell 1.5%, reflecting pronounced sector-wide linkage effects.

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