Wednesday Sector Laggards: Materials, Healthcare
August 24, 2016 at 14:31 PM EDT
The worst performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Materials sector, showing a 1.0% loss. Within the sector, Newmont Mining Corp (NEM) and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (FCX) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 6.1% and 5.8%, respectively..