PHOENIX (dpa-AFX) - Mining giant Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) has come under considerable selling pressure during trading on Tuesday, tumbling by 9.1 percent.
The steep decline by shares of Freeport-McMoRan comes after the company agreed to sell its Gulf of Mexico assets to Anadarko Petroleum (APC) for $2 billion.
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