Notable ETF Movers of the Day 04/20: (USO) (SPY) (SMH) Higher; (VXX) (UUP) (RKH) Lower

• United States Oil (NYSE: USO) up 3.08 percent to $44.28. Crude is higher today, pushed higher by the weak dollar and a decline in inventories last week. Crude stores fell 2.3 million barrels to 357 million barrels last week, versus the consensus calling for an increase of 800K. June 11 WTI contracts up $2.70 to $110.98 per barrel on the Comex.
  
  
• SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) up 1.38 percent to $133.12. U.S. markets are overall in the green today, following strong earnings reports from several big names, as well as existing home sales. Home sales in March were 5.1 million, beating consensus views for 5 million in sales. The number is a 3.7 percent increase from 4.92 million reported in February.
  
  
• Semiconductor HOLDRs (NYSE: SMH) up 3.96 percent to $35.40. The ETF is being helped along by Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) today, following a strong first-quarter earnings report from the Santa Clara, CA-based tech giant.
  
  

• iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) down 4.03 percent to $25.69. The VIX ETF hit a 52-week low of $25.44 today, solidifying the argument that we're in a bull market. Full-on bull, not the opening act at your local rodeo. We're talking Reventón. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) earnings are coming out post-market today, and earnings out of just about every other major name yesterday (AT&T, Wynn, Intel, IBM, Altria, etc.) is adding fuel to the fire. The CBOE is currently off 4 percent today.
  
  
• PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE: UUP) down 0.93 percent to $21.33. Investors aiming for gold, silver and other currencies and the U.S. dollar is slipping today. Earnings, mostly positive, have whetted investor appetite for risk. Additionally, further talks in Greece, and the need to restructure its debt, is helping to bolster the euro.
  
  
• Regional Bank HOLDRs (NYSE: RKH) down 1.61 percent to $82.10. The ETFs second-largest holding, Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), is down about 4.5 percent, following a 48 percent drop in first-quarter net income for the bank.

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