On August 29, Gold Fields fell 5.15% in regular trading, trading at 45.59 USD/share, with turnover of $187 million. The decline came amid a broad sell-off across precious metals miners triggered by a sharp drop in gold prices.

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh delivered his first public speech since taking office in May at the Jackson Hole symposium, warning that if underlying inflation does not return to 2% clearly and quickly enough, the Fed still has work to do. The hawkish remarks immediately strengthened the dollar to its highest level in over a week and sent gold down more than 2%, marking its largest single-day decline since July. Two-year Treasury yields surged 10 basis points as markets repriced higher short-term rate expectations.

The entire gold mining sector came under pressure. Coeur Mining fell 5.49%, Agnico Eagle Mines dropped 4.66%, Barrick Mining declined 3.98%, Wheaton Precious Metals lost 3.90%, and Newmont Mining fell 3.70%. Notably, Gold Fields had reported H1 adjusted EPS of $2.08 on August 25, beating estimates of $1.19 by nearly 75%, but the strong fundamentals failed to offset the sector-wide systemic pressure from falling gold prices and tightening expectations.

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