In trading on Tuesday, aluminum and copper shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 3%. Leading the group were shares of Marathon, up about 92% and shares of Copper Mountain Mining, up about 4.2% on the day.
Also showing relative strength are gold shares, up on the day by about 1.8% as a group, led by Yukon-Nevada Gold , trading up by about 17.8% and Extorre Gold Mines , trading higher by about 13.3% on Tuesday.