TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Friday

Financial stocks managed to fight their way off the lows on Thursday, while consumer discretionary stocks remained strong over the course of the session.

Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Friday.

Among the stocks moving higher on Thursday were those from the Consumer Discretionary sector, which ETF traders and investors can buy exposure to through the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDRS, XLY
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. Both Lowe’s
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and Amazon.com
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were leading stocks in that sector on the day.

Also moving higher on a day when commodity prices were moving lower were basic materials stocks, led by Ecolab
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and CF Industries Holdings
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. Add basic materials exposure to your stock and ETF portfolio through exchange-traded funds like the Materials Select Sector SPDRS, XLB
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. Leveraged options include the ProShares Ultra Basic Materials ETF, UYM
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, while more global exposure can be bought through the iShares Global Materials ETF, MXI
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Financial stocks continued to struggle for much of the session, with both Wells Fargo
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and Bank of America
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weighing on the sector. This has resulted in significant intraday gains in the ProShares UltraShort Financials ETF, SKF
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, though the shares were well-off their highs late in the day on Thursday.

Although energy commodities were lower on Thursday, agricultural commodities such as soybeans and cotton were significantly higher. This resulted in modest gains for the PowerShares DB Agricultural Fund ETF, DBA
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, which is still oversold below the 200-day moving average.

Sideways trading in corporate bonds has some traders and investors concerned that the corporate debt rally may be nearing an end. One easy way to track – and potentially profit from – the corporate bond market is by way of the iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, LQD
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