On July 1, Rio Tinto fell 3.04% in pre-market trading, trading at $92.03/share, with turnover of $22.54 million. The decline comes amid a wave of investment bank target price cuts and a broader sell-off across the diversified metals and mining sector.
UBS recently cut its target price for Rio Tinto by 3.3% to A$177.00 per share, while Royal Bank of Canada lowered its target from 6,400 pence to 6,300 pence. Earlier, Bank of America had downgraded Rio Tinto from Buy to Neutral, citing elevated valuations and rising macro risks stemming from the Middle East conflict, noting that the risk-reward profile no longer supports a bullish stance.
The broader sector is under significant pressure, with peer BHP Billiton down 3.2%, Teck Resources down 2.12%, MP Materials down 0.64%, and HudBay Minerals down 0.85%, reflecting widespread weakness across diversified metals and mining stocks.
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