Stock Market Today, March 19: B2Gold Slides Following Steep Gold Price Drop

B2Gold (NYSEMKT:BTG), a gold mining and exploration company, closed Thursday at $4.21, down 8.48%. The stock fell against a backdrop of tumbling gold and silver prices and diminishing confidence in the sector. Trading volume reached 59.8 million shares, coming in about 54% above its three-month average of 38.9 million shares. B2Gold IPO'd in 2008 and has grown 192% since going public. How the markets moved today The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) slipped 0.27% to 6,606 on Thursday, while the Nasdaq Composite ...