Friday's ETF Winners & Losers
The
B2B Internet HOLDRs
(BHH)
ETF was Friday's best performer, rising 3.6%. Holdings
Checkfree
(CKFR)
,
Ariba
(ARBA)
and
Agile Software
(AGIL)
were all higher by 1.3% or more. The B2B Internet HOLDRs was gaining 8 cents to $2.28.
Also among the winners was the
Wireless HOLDRs
(WMH)
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, as
Sprint Nextel
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was tacking on 2%. The ETF was recently up 75 cents, or 1.3%, to $59.54.
A 2.8% rise in
Hewlett-Packard
boosted the
Internet Architecture HOLDRs
(IAH)
by nearly 1%.
On the downside, retail-related funds were suffering. The
PowerShares Dynamic Retail
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ETF was falling by 0.7% to $18.11, as holding
Nordstrom
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was dropping 2.7%.
In addition, the
Retail HOLDRs
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slipped 0.5% as
Kohl's
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and
Lowe's
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were losing 1.5%.
Gold-related ETFs were also moving lower as the price of gold fell. The
streetTRACKS Gold Shares
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ETF was recently down 31 cents, or 0.5%, to $59.48, and the
iShares Comex Gold Trust
(IAU) - Get iShares Gold Trust Report
ETF was losing 27 cents, or 0.5%, to $59.53.
