Ucore Rare Metals stock price jumps nearly 15% — what’s driving rare metals stocks into next week

Ucore Rare Metals plunged 14.6% to C$8.36 on Friday, marking its steepest single-day drop in weeks. The selloff came as investors trimmed positions in small-cap materials stocks ahead of the month’s close.

Ucore Rare Metals ended Friday at C$9.43, rising 4.43% and building on gains seen over the previous two sessions amid uncertainty over U.S. critical-minerals policy and rare-earth processing capacity. Around 674,500 shares changed hands. The stock has fluctuated between C$0.65 and C$13.07 in the last 52 weeks, according to Investing.com.