Gold prices are sitting at a record high following the Fed's first interest-rate cut and as other central banks around the world loosen monetary policy. Freeport-McMoRan ( FCX) shares surged on Tuesday amid an increase in the prices of copper and gold, two of the main commodities produced by the mining giant.

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Freeport-McMoRan Inc. closed $3.90 below its 52-week high ($55.24), which the company achieved on May 20th.

Freeport McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) +7.1% in Tuesday's trading, surging to the top of the S&P 500 leaderboard, as China's new stimulus measures announced in support of its economy and equity markets are lifting commodities of all kinds,

Shares of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX rallied 1.37% to $45.14 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.28% to 5,718.57 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.