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The overall materials group, home to mining firms, was off 0.13 percent.
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The overall materials sector, where gold miners reside, was up 1.85 percent.
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The overall materials sector was up 0.91 percent, while the mining subgroup was ahead 1.28 percent.
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The overall materials group was down 0.52 percent.
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But the overall materials sector, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, lost 0.3 percent.
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The overall materials group, home to gold miners, was down 2.05 percent while the gold sub-index was off 2.69 percent.
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Overall materials inflation has outpaced its expectations so far this year, he said.