Boliden’s Q2 earnings disappoint despite near fivefold rise
The miner said higher metal prices boosted its earnings, while lower treatment charges and metal premiums weighed on the result.
Gold prices hit a session high of $1,300 Wednesday as the US Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged and trimmed back its longer-term interest-rate forecasts, in a sign of greater caution at the central bank.
The Fed held the target range for the federal funds rate at 0.25% to 0.5%, where it has been since the central bank hiked rates by a quarter point from near-zero levels in December.
The precious metal had traded moderately lower Wednesday morning, on some profit-taking pressure from recent gains and on position evening by the shorter-term futures traders.
Concerns over an upcoming vote on Britain’s membership of the European Union also underpinned prices.
Spot gold was last at $1,293 an ounce, while gold futures for August delivery traded 30 cents an ounce lower at $1,287.80 on the Comex in New York, headed for the first decline in six sessions. Prices touched the highest for a most-active contract since May 6 on Tuesday.
The metal is up more than 20% this year, but gold mining equities have doubled and the sector as a whole has returned 53%.
