Active-volume exchange-traded funds in Thursday's regular session:
SPDR S&P 500 (
SPY): +1%
iShares S&P 500 (IVV): +1%
PowerShares QQQ (
QQQQ): +1.2%
Select Financial Sector SPDRS (XLF): +2.6%
iShares Russell 2000 (IWM): +1.1%
iShares Russell 1000 Growth (IWF): +1%
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM): +1.7%
United States Oil Fund (
USO): -1.2%
Top-volume movers in this morning's pre-market session:
SPY, +0.5%
QQQQ, +0.3%
DIA, +0.4%
USO, +1.5%
SDS, -0.9%
Winners and Losers
Major market ETFs, including the SPY, DIA, UYG and others, are
firmer. Stock futures are firmer but more consolidation may lie ahead
for the broader stock market. Trading influences Friday will include a
scheduled speech from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and housing market data
at 10 a.m. ET. Stocks ended higher Thursday, helped by financial
shares. European shares recovered to trade higher Friday.
The PowerShares QQQ (
QQQQ), which tracks the technology-studded
Nasdaq Composite, is up 0.3% this morning. Technology Select Sector
SPDR (XLK) is flat.
Internet Infrastructure HOLDRs (IIH) and Internet Holders (HHH)
should see increased upside interest closer to the bell. Within the
internet sector, Salesforce.com (
CRM) is continuing its evening upside
this morning after it beat with Q2 results and hiked its 2010 guidance
to above the Street view.
Select Financial Sector SPDRS (XLF) is up 0.4%. The Direxion
Financial Bull 3X fund (FAS) is up 1.3%; its more actively traded
bearish counterpart, FAZ, is down 1.3% at last check. Within the group,
Citigroup (
C) is atop the volume leaderboard on reports it is
restarting talks to sell Bellsystem24, a Japanese call center company
that Citi values at about $1.5 bln. AIG (
AIG) is up 5% this morning,
adding to a 21% rise recorded in Thursday's regular session and
rebounding from a 2% decline in last night's after-hours.