Among other geopolitical developments, the drop is attributable to investors getting calmer over the news that China's economic policy will see few changes in the near future.
The filing cited Anton Colbert of Cook County, Illinois, as lead plaintiff but his action acts in the name of “hundreds or thousands of members in the proposed class.”
Gold producer says its total gold output from mines fell to 522,917 oz in the quarter ended Sept. 30 from 615,498 oz in the same period a year earlier.