TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Thursday
Technology-based exchange-traded funds and those linked to indexes heavy with tech stocks were among those ETFs making the largest moves on Wednesday. And those moves were to the downside. Short and leveraged short funds outperformed, with ETFs reverse indexed to utilities and oil stocks up more than 2%
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Continuing lower were ETFs indexed to stock markets in Asia, particularly in Taiwan and China.
Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Thursday.
The iShares FTSE/Xinhua 25 Index exchange-traded fund, FXI
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Also among the international ETFs moving lower on Wednesday was the iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index ETF, ILF
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The Semiconductor HOLDRS, SMH
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Down for five consecutive days, the Oil Service HOLDRS, OIH
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Up for five out of the past six days, the Select Financial Sector SPDRS, XLF
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