
Gold miners endured a brutal sell-off Tuesday, with sector-wide losses hitting double digits after bullion plunged more than 5% in a single session, marking the worst trading day for the metal since August 2020 and triggering its sharpest mining stock rout since the COVID-driven crash of March 2020.
The VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX), which has been the year's top-performing equity industry fund with over 110% gains, dropped 9.8% during New York afternoon trading. Shares of Newmont Corp. (NYSE:NEM), the world's largest gold miner, fell 9.2%.