TORONTO (AP) _ Iamgold Corp. (IAG) on Wednesday reported a second-quarter loss of $4.5 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

The Toronto-based company said it had a loss of 1 cent per share.

The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 1 cent per share.

The gold and niobium mining company posted revenue of $265.6 million in the period.

In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, the company's shares hit $2.66. A year ago, they were trading at $5.12.

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