Soaring precious metal miner stocks hit by Friday price pullback

Endeavour Mining

17/10/2025 16:09

LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) -

** Precious metal mining stocks fall, Fresnillo FRES.L down 9.3% on Friday, on track for biggest one day fall since April, and biggest faller on FTSE 100 blue chip index

** Fresnillo still up nearly 300% year to date, 2025's biggest gainer on FTSE thanks to rocketing precious metal prices

** Endeavour Mining EDV.L falls 6%, still FTSE's second best year-to-date performer, Hochschild HOCM.L off  4.8%

** Precious metals sharply lower after Trump says proposed 100% tariff on goods from China would not be sustainable. Gold XAU= down more than 2% at one point, silver down 3.5%, XAG= platinum down more than 5% XPT= GOL/

 (Reporting by Alun John; editing by Dhara Ranasinghe)

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