Notable ETF Movers of the Day 01/19: (XLF) (EWH) (SPY) Higher; (VXX) (UNG) Lower

Gainers

• Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) up 1.11 percent to $14.07. Financials moving higher following rather strong numbers from Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Thursday morning. BofA is up about 4.7 percent, while Morgan Stanley is up 5.5 percent. For BofA's numbers, click here. Or click here for Morgan Stanley's results.
  
  
• iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index (NYSE: EWH) up 2.65 percent to $16.66. Shares in Hong Kong are on the move following reports that China might ease lending restrictions, providing easier access to capital and driving further growing in the rapidly expanding economy.
  
  
• SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) up 0.57 percent to $131.52. U.S. markets are higher today, following strong economic data. Initial claims were 352K, lower than the 385K expected, and continuing claims were about 3.432 million, below the 3.6 million expected. Though CPI was flat, core CPI was up 0.1 percent, which was in-line with views.
  
  France sold €7.97 billion of two- through four-year notes, with all maturities lower. Spain also sold €6.6 billion of bonds maturing in 2016, 2019, and 2022, with the 2019 and 2022 yields declining and the 2016 showing an increase. Spain aimed for sales of just €4.5 billion.
  
  Otherwise, bank earnings are adding a positive sentiment to the markets Thursday.

Receders

• iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) down 2.85 percent to $29.29. The CBOE VIX is off about 6 percent Thursday, following better than expected economic data on many fronts.
  
  
• United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) down 5.32 percent to $5.08. Nat gas stockpiles fell 87 billion cubic feet last week, shy of the 88 bcf to 92 bcf drop expected on the Street.

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