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 54.30

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GSG 34.41

+0.15 +0.44%
Volume: 137,691
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KBE 22.07

+0.17 +0.78%
Volume: 1,521,691
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KOL 35.52

+0.18 +0.51%
Volume: 98,727
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KRE 26.94

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Volume: 2,157,701
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MOO 52.66

+0.59 +1.13%
Volume: 692,395
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RKH 82.77

+0.92 +1.12%
Volume: 1,747
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RTH 118.94

+0.44 +0.37%
Volume: 131,997
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SLV 32.75

+0.24 +0.74%
Volume: 9,471,561
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XLF 14.70

+0.13 +0.89%
Volume: 47,038,162
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XME 53.32

+0.07 +0.13%
Volume: 3,069,615
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XRT 57.61

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Volume: 3,598,711
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