On August 5, Freeport-McMoRan rose 3.27% in pre-market trading, trading at $69.16/share, with turnover of $2.6725 million. The rally was driven by the company's previously released Q2 earnings that significantly exceeded market expectations, combined with bullish institutional sentiment.

Specifically, Freeport-McMoRan reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $0.74, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by approximately 25%. Revenue came in at $7.029 billion, surpassing expectations by roughly 4.8%. Q2 consolidated production totaled 786 million pounds of copper, 192,000 ounces of gold, and 23 million pounds of molybdenum. Following the earnings release, Barclays raised its price target to $80, Bank of America Securities to $80, and RBC to $73, while Goldman Sachs maintained its buy rating.

On the demand side, copper consumption is being bolstered by intensifying global AI data center infrastructure buildout competition, drawing broader sector attention. Within the Copper sector, Southern Copper Corp rose 2.64%, TREKOR METALS gained 2.4%, and Ero Copper advanced 2.28%.

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