TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Thursday
Banks and financial ETFs were higher while energy and industrial funds were lower on a day during which stocks were able to rally from intraday lows to end the day near Tuesday’s levels in the S&P 500 and Dow 30. The same held true for emerging markets ETFs, which tended to find buyers as their prices moved lower earlier in the session.
Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Thursday.
Up by more than 5% on Wednesday, the KBW Bank Index ETF, KBE
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The Oil Service HOLDRS, OIH
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Down big for the second day in three, the ProShares Ultra QQQ ETF, QLD
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The ProShares UltraShort Russell 2000 exchange-traded fund, TWM
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Below its 200-day moving average and closing for the eighth day in a row, the Select Industrial Sector SPDRS, XLI
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Up for a second day in a row, the Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy Index exchange-traded fund, GEX
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