Monday's ETF Winners & Losers

Exchange-traded funds following gold were among the worst performers of Monday's session as futures dropped in price.

Recently, gold prices were dropping $19.70 to $734.40 an ounce.

The Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX Quote) ETF was lower by $1.13 or 2.5%, to $44.46. The PowerShares DB Base Metals (DBB Quote) was down 68 cents, or 2.6%, to $25.72. The iShares Comex Gold Trust (IAU Quote) was declining 88 cents, or 1.2%, to $72.66. The PowerShares DB Precious Metals (DBP Quote) eased 34 cents, or 1.2%, to $28.10.

ETFs tracking homebuilders were also among the worst losers of a mixed session Monday. Recently, Hovnanian (HOV Quote), Standard Pacific (SPF Quote), D.R. Horton (DHI Quote), Lennar (LEN Quote) and Centex (CTX Quote) were all losing 2% or more.

The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction (ITB Quote) was down 68 cents, or 3%, to $22.10. The SPDR S&P Homebuilders (XHB Quote) fell 38 cents, or 1.6%, to $22.99.

Oil-related ETFs were also on the decline, as crude sank $1.47 to $79.75 a barrel. Over the last seven sessions, the November contract has lost 3.8%.

The United States Oil (USO Quote) ETF was losing $1.28, or 2.1%, to $61. The iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Index (OIL Quote) slid 95 cents, or 2.1%, to $45.01. The PowerShares DB Oil (DBO Quote) was down 37 cents, or 1.3%, to $29.10.

Real estate ETFs were also under pressure. Deutsche Securities downgraded Kimco Realty (KIM Quote), Avalon Bay (AVB Quote), Boston Properties (BXP Quote) and Public Storage (PSA Quote) to hold from buy.

The Ultra Real Estate ProShares (URE Quote) was losing $1.45, or 2.7%, to $52.02. The Vanguard REIT Index (VNQ Quote) ETF was lower by $1.16, or 1.5%, to $75.53. The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate (IYR Quote) eased 77 cents, or 1%, to $80.03.

On the other hand, the Internet Architecture HOLDRs (IAH Quote) was one of few winners, buoyed by Google (GOOG Quote), which topped the $600 level for the first time Monday. Among its holdings, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ Quote) and Symantec (SYMC Quote) were up by 2.1% and 2.7%, respectively.

The Internet Architecture HOLDRs was recently up 46 cents, or 0.9%, to $54.30.