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 50.82

-2.01 -3.80%
Volume: 10,088,248
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GSG 31.16

-0.65 -2.04%
Volume: 452,553
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KBE 21.32

-0.65 -2.96%
Volume: 3,350,863
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KOL 33.90

-1.40 -3.97%
Volume: 475,558
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KRE 20.57

-0.41 -1.95%
Volume: 2,168,332
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MOO 42.56

-0.96 -2.21%
Volume: 528,208
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RKH 76.06

-1.80 -2.31%
Volume: 643,100
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RTH 94.26

-1.10 -1.15%
Volume: 891,200
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SLV 17.95

-0.57 -3.08%
Volume: 16,294,513
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XLF 14.28

-0.39 -2.66%
Volume: 75,811,142
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XME 48.75

-1.58 -3.14%
Volume: 1,693,184
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XRT 34.97

-0.68 -1.91%
Volume: 8,559,346
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