In trading on Thursday, non-precious metals & non-metallic mining shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Globe Specialty Metals (GSM), down about 9.5% and shares of Avalon Rare Metals (AVL) off about 5.1% on the day.
Also lagging the market Thursday are specialty retail shares, down on the day by about 2% as a group, led down by Barnes & Noble (BKS), trading lower by about 22% and Officemax (OMX), trading lower by about 5.1%.
