Thursday's ETF Winners & Losers
Energy-related exchange-traded funds were among the top performers Wednesday, as crude and gasoline futures advanced.
The front-month July crude contract was recently up $1.31 to $67.57 a barrel, and gasoline was adding 5 cents at $2.20 a gallon.
The
Ultra Oil & Gas ProShares
(DIG) - Get Report
was higher by $2.92, or 3.1%, to $99.35. The
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil Equipment Index
(IEZ) - Get Report
ETF was recently up 93 cents, or 1.7%, to $57.44. The
Oil Services HOLDRs
(OIH) - Get Report
was adding $2.98, or 1.6%, to $174.73. The
iPath S&P Crude Oil Index
(OIL) - Get Report
ETF rose 75 cents, or 2%, to $37.57.
The
Internet Infrastructure HOLDRs
(IIH)
ETF was also among winners of the day, thanks to advances of 2% or more in holdings
Akamai Technologies
(AKAM) - Get Report
and
Vivo Participacoes
(VIV) - Get Report
. The ETF was recently higher by 8 cents, or 1.5%, to $5.51.
Bundled securities tracking semiconductors were also higher. Various holdings were higher by 1%, including
Intel
(INTC) - Get Report
,
KLA-Tencor
(KLAC) - Get Report
,
Texas Instruments
(TXN) - Get Report
and
Applied Materials
(AMAT) - Get Report
.
The
Ultra Semiconductor ProShares
(USD) - Get Report
ETF added 2.4% to $81.17. The
SPDR S&P Semiconductor
(XSD) - Get Report
ETF rose 1.2% to $52.66. The
iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor
(IGW)
ETF was climbing 1% to $65.31. The
Semiconductor HOLDRs
(SMH) - Get Report
ETF was 0.7% higher at $37.34.
Financial-related ETFs were among few losers of the day.
Goldman Sachs
(GS) - Get Report
and
Bear Stearns
(BSC)
were lower by 3% and 1.3%, respectively, after both reported second-quarter earnings before the bell.
The
Regional Bank HOLDRs
(RKH)
was lower by 0.2% at $159.42. The
Financial Select Sector SPDR
(XLF) - Get Report
was easing 0.2% to $37.50. The
KBW Bank
(KBE) - Get Report
ETF slipped 0.1% at $58.05.
