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Tuesday's ETF Winners & Losers

Robert Holmes

The PowerShares Lux Nanotech (PXN Quote) exchange-traded fund was the top performer of Tuesday's winning session, thanks to gains in several of its holdings.

Among them, Elan (ELN Quote) and Accelrys (ACCL Quote) were both higher. The PowerShares Lux Nanotech was recently higher by 90 cents, or 5.5%, to $17.38.

Bundled securities tracking real estate investment trusts were also higher, thanks to a second-quarter earnings beat by Vornado Realty Trust (VNO Quote), which was up more than 4%. Simon Property Group (SPG Quote), ProLogis (PLD Quote) and Kimco Realty (KIM Quote) were adding 1.4% or more.

The Ultra Real Estate ProShares (URE Quote) was rising $1.32, or 3.1%, to $43.35. The Vanguard REIT Index (VNQ Quote) was higher by $1.17, or 1.8%, to $66.52. The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate (IYR Quote) climbed 99 cents, or 1.4%, to $72.34. The SPDR Dow Jones Wilshire International Real Estate (RWX Quote) was adding $1.39, or 2.3%, to $61.74.

ETFs related to European markets were also among the best performers. Recently, London's FTSE was gaining 2.2%, and Frankfurt's DAX climbed 1.6%.

The PowerShares Dynamic Europe (PEH Quote) climbed 76 cents, or 3.1%, to $25.44. The Europe 2001 HOLDRs (EKH Quote) was tacking on $2.50, or 3%, to $85.45. The iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index (EWU Quote) was adding 45 cents, or 1.8%, to $24.87.

On the flip side, the United States Natural Gas (UNG Quote) ETF was the biggest loser, as natural gas futures fell by 29 cents to $6.21 per million British thermal units. The ETF was falling by $1.80, or 4.3%, to $39.63.

The Broadband HOLDRs (BDH Quote) was down 1.9%, after holding Alcatel-Lucent (ALU Quote) reported an unexpected quarterly loss that sent its stock down 10.5%. The ETF was shedding 19 cents to $15.63.