Notable ETF Movers of the Day 2/2: USO, XHB, ITB Up; EWT, KOL Down

February 2, 2010 12:59 PM EST

Notable ETF Movers of the Day:

Gainers


  • United States Oil (NYSE: USO) up 1.82% to $37.39. March deliveries of WTI are up $1.99 to $76.42 as thoughts toward an improving global economy are driving up speculation of increased demand. Mondaysaw a report of increased economic demand as manufacturing clicked up a tick for December, and today has a 1% increase in pending home sales. Corporate profits from big oil also are driving prices north somewhat.

  • SPDR S&P Homebuilders (NYSE: XHB) up 4.2% to $15.80. Shares are up on D.R. Horton's (NYSE: DHI) Q110 earinings report that beats Street estimates and coupled in a positive outlook for the future. This is the first profit that Horton posted since the housing slump began.

  • iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction (NYSE: ITB) up 4.12% to $12.88. Up on D R. Horton news as well as Pending Home Sales up 1% for the month of December 2009.


Losers

  • iShares MSCI Taiwan Index (NYSE: EWT) down 1.16% to $11.90. The ETF is down as concerns rise over China's attempt to block U.S. companies from bidding to sell arms to the island nation.

  • Market Vectors Coal ETF (NYSE: KOL) down 0.44% to $33.76. Down on Patroit Coal (NYSE: PCX) Q409 loss, and a stock sale of nearly $2 million by Peabody (NYSE: BTU) CEO Gregory Boyce.


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BTU 48.11

-1.62 -3.26%
Volume: 6,089,766
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DHI 12.76

-0.13 -1.01%
Volume: 2,939,095
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EWT 12.51

-0.03 -0.24%
Volume: 9,579,449
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ITB 13.68

-0.16 -1.16%
Volume: 214,713
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KOL 37.70

-0.74 -1.93%
Volume: 317,234
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PCX 20.23

-0.44 -2.13%
Volume: 8,734,022
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USO 39.92

-0.31 -0.77%
Volume: 7,573,743
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XHB 16.86

-0.07 -0.41%
Volume: 2,848,520
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