Tuesday Sector Laggards: Precious Metals, Biotechnology Stocks

In trading on Tuesday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.9%.

Helping drag down the group were shares of Coeur Mining, off about 9.2% and shares of Alexco Resource off about 7.7% on the day.

In trading on Tuesday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.9%.

Helping drag down the group were shares of Coeur Mining, off about 9.2% and shares of Alexco Resource off about 7.7% on the day.

Also lagging the market Tuesday are biotechnology shares, down on the day by about 0.5% as a group, led down by Kaleido Biosciences, trading lower by about 14.9% and Heat Biologics, trading lower by about 13%.