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ETF Preview: Metal ETFs Firmer, Energy Mixed

 December 31, 2010 09:03 AM
 

Active broad-market exchange-traded funds in Thursday's regular session:

SPDR S&P 500 (SPY): -0.2%

iShares S&P 500 (IVV): -0.1%

PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ): -0.2%

iShares Russell 2000 (IWM): -0.2%

iShares Russell 1000 Growth (IWF): -0.2%

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM): +0.5%

United States Oil Fund (USO): -1.8%

SPDR Gold Shares (GLD): -0.5%

Select Financial Sector SPDRS (XLF): -0.3%

Top Pre-Market Volume Movers:

SPY, -0.1%

GLD, +0.6%

SDS, +0.2%

IWM, -0.2%

UNG, +0.7%

Winners and Losers

Broad-market funds, including SPY, IWM and others, are modestly lower. The actively traded Nasdaq-focused PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ) is down 0.1%.

Stock futures have moved lower as pre-market trading has progressed this morning. Volume is light ahead of the New Year's holiday; markets are closed or closing early in Europe, though Wall Street will hold a full session. Deal news is mildly supportive but most investors are locking in the year's gains.

Leveraged bearish broad-market ETFs hold the slight advantage in early trading, a move reflective of the thin, mostly steady action in stock futures this morning as well. Wall Street is largely marking time as 2010 comes up to a close, with major averages holding at two-year highs.

The Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X (TZA) is up 0.9%, ranging between 15.40 and 15.46. Actively traded Proshares Ultrashort S&P 500 (SDS) is up 0.4%, ranging between 23.77 and 23.93, while Proshares UltraPro Short S&P 500 (SPXU) is up 0.7%, hovering near 19.59.

The Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X (TNA) is down 0.8%, ranging between 73.80 and 73.25. Ultra QQQ (QLD) is lightly traded.


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