On June 5, Century Aluminum fell 5.16% in regular trading, trading at $61.96/share, with trading volume of $26.40 million.
On the news front, a strengthening US dollar has raised the holding cost of industrial metals priced in the currency, putting downward pressure on LME aluminum prices. Delayed interest rate cut expectations further compounded selling pressure across the aluminum sector, triggering broad-based declines among aluminum producers.
Within the Aluminum sector where Century Aluminum belongs, the sector showed widespread weakness. Among individual stocks, Alcoa down 4.79%, Constellium NV down 4.56%, Kaiser Aluminum down 3.65%, and Tredegar down 1.13%.
Century Aluminum is a leading primary aluminum producer operating multiple smelters in the United States and Iceland, and holds a 55% joint venture stake in the Jamalco bauxite mine in Jamaica. It also owns a carbon anode production facility in the Netherlands.
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