Fresnillo and other precious metals miners lead FTSE fallers as gold wavers

Precious metals miners Endeavour Mining PLC (LSE:EDV, TSX:EDV, OTCQX:EDVMF) and Fresnillo PLC (LSE:FRES) led the FTSE 100 fallers after the four-day Easter weekend. This reflected the London-listed shares catching up with the fall in gold and silver prices at the end of last week, with gold dropping from over $4,880 an ounce on Thursday to $4,651 today, while silver has fallen from $75.5 an ounce on Thursday to $72.6.