Friday's ETF Winners & Losers

Exchanged-traded funds related to the oil sector were among the few winners of a losing session Friday, as crude prices were on the march.

The front-month September crude contract was up $1.20 at $76.15 a barrel. The iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Index (OIL Quote) was adding 46 cents, or 1.1%, to $41.76. The United States Oil (USO Quote) ETF was up 71 cents, or 1.3%, to $56.93. The PowerShares DB Oil (DBO Quote) was higher by 35 cents, or 1.3%, to $27.54.

The losers far outweighed the winners, led by declines in health and pharmaceutical ETFs. Amgen (AMGN Quote), which beat Wall Street's target for second-quarter earnings, was nonetheless down 1.4%. Among other names, Merck (MRK Quote), Forest Labs (FRX Quote) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY Quote) were losing 1.9% or more.

The HealthShares European Drugs (HRJ Quote) was losing 97 cents, or 3.7%, to $25.61. The SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals (XPH Quote) was down 77 cents, or 2.2%, to $33.64. The PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals (PJP Quote) was falling by 40 cents, or 2.1%, to $18.45.

Basic materials-related bundled securities were also lower. Among individual stocks, Weyerhaeuser (WY Quote), Dow Chemical (DOW Quote) and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX Quote) slumped 1.8% or more.

The Ultra Basic Materials ProShares (UYM Quote) dropped $3.61, or 4.2%, to $82. The WisdomTree International Basic Materials (DBN Quote) ETF was down $1.12, or 3.1%, to $35.23. The Materials Select Sector SPDR (XLB Quote) was losing 90 cents, or 2.3%, to $38.93.

The Internet Infrastructure HOLDRs (IIH Quote) was also hit hard, as holdings Akamai Technologies (AKAM Quote), NaviSite (NAVI Quote) and VeriSign (VRSN Quote) fell 3% or more. The ETF was losing 11 cents, or 2.1%, to $5.13.