Notable ETF Movers of the Day 09/22: VXX, GLD, FXE Higher; XLK, XLF, USO Lower

• iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) up 1.97% to $17.12. The CBOE VIX volatility index is higher today as investors and traders are still digesting Fed comments made yesterday afternoon. The FOMC left their rate unchanged at 0.25%, hinting at some potential quantitative easing.
  
  
• SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) up 0.07% to $126.10. Gold continue to break to record highs following the FOMC statement yesterday.
  
  
• CurrencyShares Euro Trust (NYSE: FXE) up 1.15% to $133.35. The euro is showing strength against the U.S. dollar again today on Fed news. The Fed buying debt would push down interest rates, making investments in U.S. dollars less attractive.

• Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLK) down 0.83% to $22.63. Although Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE) isn't in the top ten holdings of this one, the fact that their down near-20% is weighing across the tech sector, as the company failed to dazzle during their third quarter earnings report, with a weak outlook.
  
  
• Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) down 1.12% to $14.59. Trading lower, led by MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), which is down 3.8% today as AIG (NYSE: AIG) may be in talks to sell two their Japanese businesses to rival Prudential (NYSE: PRU) for $4 to $5 billion. MET is to close on a $15.5 billion acquisition of AIG's Alico by years-end.
  
  
• United States Oil (NYSE: USO) down 0.52% to $32.48. EIA data today showed a 970K increase in crude stock piles for the week ended September 18, 2010.

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