TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Wednesday
Positive earnings surprises from retailers like Home Depot and Macy’s helped offset continued declines in home prices. Financials gained and an bounce in crude oil prices put a bid under energy shares.
Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Wednesday.
Extreme oversold conditions have coaxed buyers back into financial stocks across the board on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley
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Also higher on the day were energy stocks – particularly oil names like Schlumberger
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After days of increasingly oversold extremes below the 200-day moving average, the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDRS ETF
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Buyers returned to technology stocks on Tuesday, sending the iShares S&P North American Technology/Semiconductor Index ETF
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Gold pulled back sharply on Tuesday as traders took gains from a recent cross above the $1,000 level. This meant lower prices for the SPDRS Gold Shares Trust ETF
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Also lower above the 200-day moving average was the iShares Silver Trust ETF
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