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Monday's ETF Winners & Losers

Robert Holmes

The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers (IAI) was one of the few winners among exchange-traded funds Monday. The ETF added 1.4% as holding E*Trade Financial (ETFC) added 1.7%. Recently, the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers ETF was up 78 cents to $55.58.

Meanwhile, gains of 1% or more in Apple (AAPL), IBM (IBM) and Dell (DELL) buoyed the Internet Architecture HOLDRs (IAH). The ETF was lately higher by 36 cents, or 0.8%, at $44.68.

On the losing side, the B2B Internet HOLDRs (BHH) ETF was among the worst decliners as holding Checkfree (CKFR) gave back 1.3%. The ETF was off 3 cents, or 1.5%, to $2.04.

Semiconductor-related ETFs were also among the worst performers. Among individual names, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) slid 1.3%, Qualcomm (QCOM) eased 0.8%, Intel (INTC) dipped 0.6% and Texas Instruments (TXN) slipped 0.2%.

The Ultra Semiconductor ProShares (USD) ETF was shedding 1.2% at $78.65. The SPDR S&P Semiconductor (XSD) ETF eased 0.8% to $52.30. The iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor (IGW) ETF was lower by 0.2% at $64.79. The Semiconductor HOLDRs (SMH) ETF was recently down 0.2% to $37.

Bundled securities tracking silver were also losing ground, even as silver futures were holding steady at $13.58 an ounce. The PowerShares DB Silver (DBS) ETF was shedding 23 cents, or 0.9%, to $26.46. The iShares Silver Trust (SLV) was falling 72 cents, or 0.5%, to $134.17.