After shares in emerging uranium producer, Berkeley Energia (ASX: BKY) doubled from circa 60 cents in mid-2016 to hit a high of $1.20 in late January, they have retraced significantly in recent months, hitting an intraday low of 65 cents in late April.
As indicated below, there has been a trailing off in the spot uranium price in the last few months after a sustained decline from circa US$35 per pound at the start of 2016 culminated in it bottoming out around the US$20 per pound mark in the last quarter of calendar year 2016.
The rebound to circa US$27 per pound in the first quarter of 2017 quickly fizzled out and the commodity is now trading in the vicinity of US$22 per pound.
