Monday's ETF Winners & Losers

Exchange-traded funds related to basic materials were among the top performers of Monday's session, thanks to gains in Alcoa (AA Quote), Dow Chemical (DOW Quote), Newmont Mining (NEM Quote) and DuPont (DD Quote).

The Ultra Basic Materials ProShares (UYM Quote) was recently up $2.65, or 3%, to $91.70. The iShares S&P Global Materials (MXI Quote) ETF was rising by $1.27, or 1.8%, to $72. The PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials (PYZ Quote) was adding 51 cents, or 1.5%, to $33.95. The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials (IYM Quote) was higher by $1.02, or 1.4%, to $71.24.

Bundled securities tracking utilities were also among the winners of the day. Among individual names, Exelon (EXC Quote), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG Quote), PG&E (PCG Quote) and American Electric Power (AEP Quote) were higher by 1.3% or more.

The Ultra Utilities ProShares (UPW Quote) was rising $2.14, or 2.7%, to $82. The Utility HOLDRs (UTH Quote) was adding $2.06, or 1.5%, to $143.71. The Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU Quote) gained $1.10, or 1.3%, to $83.60.

On the losing side, energy-related ETFs were among the biggest decliners. Oil was down 71 cents at $69.97 a barrel, and natural gas was losing 10 cents to $6.68 per million British thermal units.

The United States Natural Gas (UNG Quote) was falling by $1.45, or 3.5%, to $42.80. The United States Oil (USO Quote) was down 34 cents, or 0.7%, to $52.66. The PowerShares DB Oil (DBO Quote) ETF was lower by 14 cents, or 0.5%, to $26.96.

The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction (ITB Quote) was under pressure after Citigroup cut its rating to hold from buy for Toll Brothers (TOL Quote), Pulte Homes (PHM Quote), Lennar (LEN Quote), Ryland Group (RYL Quote), KB Home (KBH Quote), DR Horton (DHI Quote) and Hovnanian (HOV Quote).

The ETF was recently falling by 8 cents, or 0.5%, at $31.23.