Producers of metals and other raw materials rose amid deal activity.

Roofing materials distributor Beacon Roofing Supply rallied after it rejected an $11 billion buyout offer from rival building-materials firm QXO.

At least 78 people have died after authorities imposed a blockade on an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa, part of a controversial monthslong standoff between prospectors and a government determined to force them to surface, often by cutting off their food and water.

U.S. Steel continued to gain amid anticipation that an alternative would emerge to the scuppered Nippon Steel deal.


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