ETF Movers: Retail ETFs Jump Higher (XRT, RTH), Commodity ETFs Falter (GDX, KOV, GSG)

August 5, 2008 3:59 PM EDT

ETF Movers:

SPDR S&P Retail (AMEX: XRT) is 5.7% higher as traders rotate money to the beaten up sector as oil and other commodities fall. Retail HOLDRs (AMEX: RTH) is up 4%

Financial Select Sector SPDR (AMEX: XLF) is up 4.8% on a rebound in the financial sector. Other financial ETFs are higher too: KBW Bank ETF (AMEX: KBE) +5%, KBW Regional Banking ETF (AMEX: KRE) +5.4%, Regional Bank HOLDRs (AMEX: RKH) +4.8%.

Commodity related ETFs are under pressure on more fears of a global slowdown: Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (AMEX: GDX) -5.8%, Market Vectors Coal ETF (AMEX: KOL) -2.3%, iShares Silver Trust (AMEX: SLV) -3%, SPDR S&P Metals & Mining (AMEX: XME) -1.8%, Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (AMEX: MOO) -1%, iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (NYSE: GSG) -2.7%


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GDX 24.69

+2.19 +9.73%
Volume: 8,233,364
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GSG 30.01

-0.73 -2.37%
Volume: 228,685
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KBE 21.18

+1.35 +6.81%
Volume: 7,763,363
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KOL 12.46

+0.86 +7.41%
Volume: 306,151
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KRE 26.87

+2.07 +8.35%
Volume: 4,836,630
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MOO 23.61

+0.04 +0.17%
Volume: 440,368
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RKH 71.08

+5.63 +8.60%
Volume: 2,895,937
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RTH 69.18

+1.58 +2.34%
Volume: 6,380,300
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SLV 9.49

+0.31 +3.38%
Volume: 4,626,636
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XLF 11.41

+0.86 +8.15%
Volume: 196,053,855
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XME 23.39

+1.03 +4.61%
Volume: 2,126,208
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XRT 17.03

+0.47 +2.84%
Volume: 9,191,524
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