On August 5, HudBay Minerals rose 5.09% in regular trading, trading at $26.04/share, with turnover of $13.61 million, extending the copper sector's strong momentum from the prior session.

On the news front, copper stocks rallied on a dual supply-demand tailwind. On the supply side, heavy rain and snowfall in Chile forced the Caserones copper mine into a full shutdown, while ICSG data showed global copper mine output declined 1.9% year-over-year in the first five months. Copper concentrate processing fees continued to hit record lows. On the demand side, accelerating AI data center infrastructure buildout is driving copper consumption, with institutions forecasting global data center copper demand to reach 740,000 tonnes.

Within the Diversified Metals & Mining sector, peers also advanced: Rio Tinto rose 2.35%, BHP Billiton gained 1.53%, and MP Materials Corp. added 1.79%. The company recently reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $0.28, beating the FactSet estimate of $0.26, and received approval to expand its Constancia mill capacity in Peru to 34 million metric tons annually.

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