Wednesdays' ETF Winners & Losers

Updated from 2:55 p.m. EDT with new stock prices

Exchange-traded funds tracking Asian stocks were the best performers of Thursday's session, as several holdings rallied during U.S. trading.

Earlier, a 9% drop on the Bombay Sensitive Index, or Sensex, pressured Asian markets before recovering near the end of the trading session.

Several Asia-related stocks snapped higher during the trading day in the U.S. after Asian markets closed. Recently, Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH Quote), PetroChina (PTR Quote) and China Life Insurance (LFC Quote) all jumped more than 10%.

The SPDR S&P China (GXC Quote) was up $10.09, or 9.83%, to $112.69. The iShares FTSE/Xinhau China 25 Index (FXI Quote) was rising $19.16, or 9.63%, to $218.20. The PowerShares Golden Dragon Halter USX China (PGJ Quote) was gaining $2.87, or 8.03%, to $38.61. The SPDR S&P Emerging Asia Pacific (GMF Quote) added $ 3.79, or 4.05%, to $97.26.

ETFs tracking the chip sector were also gaining ground after Intel (INTC Quote) handily beat third-quarter estimates and raised its outlook for the year.

The Ultra Semiconductor ProShares (USD Quote) rose $4.41, or 5.13%, to $90.39. The PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors (PSI Quote) was up 35 cents, or 1.89%, to $18.86. The iShares S&P GSTI Semiconductor (IGW Quote) advanced $1.29, or 1.92%, to $68.51.

Elsewhere, an earnings beat by Yahoo! (YHOO Quote) boosted the Internet HOLDRs (HHH Quote), which was rising $2.22, or 3.43%, to $67.00.

On the other hand, real estate-related ETFs were among the worst decliners. Among individual names, Equity Residential (EQR Quote), General Growth Properties (GGP Quote) and Kimco Realty (KIM Quote) slid around 1%.

The First Trust S&P REIT (FRI Quote) ETF was losing 52 cents, or 2.72%, to $18.59. The Ultra Real Estate ProShares (URE Quote) was down 27 cents, or 0.57%, to $46.94. The Dow Jones Wilshire REIT (RWR Quote) ETF was off 27 cents, or 0.33%, to $81.42.