Energy ETFs Ride Gas, Crude
The energy-related exchange-traded
funds sprang higher Tuesday as their component stocks rallied on surging natural
gas and crude prices. Tradable funds focused on value and defense also moved
ahead, while tech-related ETFs back pedaled.
The Dow Jones Energy iShares
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IYE |
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PowerRating)
rose 4.3%, one of the day’s better performances among the exchange-traded
funds. The Energy SPDR
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XLE |
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PowerRating) gained 4.2%.
For my chart analysis of leading
stocks in the oil patch, see my Trading
The News commentary.
Among the defensives and yield
surrogates, the Dow Jones Utilities iShares
(
IDU |
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PowerRating) picked up 4.1%, the Utilities
SPDR
(
XLU |
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News |
PowerRating) 2.8%, the Pharmaceutical HOLDR
(
PPH |
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News |
PowerRating) 2.3%, the Dow Jones
Healthcare iShares
(
IYH |
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News |
PowerRating) 2.1%, the Consumer Staples SPDR
(
XLP |
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News |
PowerRating) 1.9%.
Note the relative strength lines in these securities: clear outperformance
relative to the S&P 500. No sign here that the bearish character of the
market has changed.
On the downside, the Internet
Architecture HOLDR
(
IAH |
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PowerRating) lost 3.7%, the B2B Internet HOLDR
(
BHH |
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PowerRating) 3.2%,
the Cyclicals-Transportation SPDR
(
XLY |
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PowerRating) 2.0%, the Dow Jones Technology
iShares
(
IYW |
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PowerRating) 1.7%, the Dow Jones Internet iShares
(
IYV |
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PowerRating) 1.6%, the
Technology SPDR
(
XLK |
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News |
PowerRating) 1.6%, the Semiconductor HOLDR
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SMH |
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PowerRating) 1.1%.
The top field of all charts in this
commentary uses a logarithmic price scale and displays a 50-day price average in
red. In the second field, a
blue relative strength line represents the displayed security’s price
performance relative to the S&P 500. The third field displays vertical daily
volume bars in black with a 50-day moving average in blue for volume.
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