Notable ETF Movers of the Day 02/14: (VXX) (UNG) (USO) Higher; (XLF) (FXE) (TAN) Lower

• iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Fu (NYSE: VXX) up 4.63 percent to $26.95. The CBOE VIX is up 4 percent Tuesday following lower-than-expected retail sales numbers for January as well as further GDP contracts in Greece than analysts were anticipating.
  
  Retail sales grew 0.4 percent in January, about half what the market expected. Further, Greece's GDP shrank by 7 percent in 2011 after adjustments, compared with estimates calling for a 5 percent drop.
  
  
• United States Natural Gas Fund (NYSE: UNG) up 3.96 percent to $5.39. Nat gas higher on prospects for a few more cold blasts as chillier air might move in from Canada for much of the Midwest and East Coast in the coming days. March contracts are up $0.106 to $2.537 per mmBtu on the Comex.
  
  
• United States Oil Fund (NYSE: USO) up 0.57 percent to $38.91. Though data out of Europe isn't spurring too much confidence Tuesday, tensions in the Middle East continue to bolster crude prices. Recently, Israel accused Iran of attacks on its diplomats in Georgia and India.
  
  Crude March contracts are $0.55 higher to $101.46 per barrel on the Comex.

• SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial (NYSE: XLF) down 1.36 percent to $14.50. Banks are lower following a decent run Monday on news out of Greece. Leading the move is Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) which was downgraded from Buy to Neutral at Citi, though its price target was raised from $8 to $8.50. BofA is down about 2.4 percent on the session.
  
  
• Rydex CurrencyShares Euro Curre (NYSE: FXE) down 0.37 percent to $130.85. Moody's Investors Service lowered its credit ratings on the following European countries today: Austria, France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and the U.K. For more, click here.
  
  
• Guggenheim Solar ETF (NYSE: TAN) down 5.61 percent to $3.22. Solars moving lower as analysts at Auriga downgraded Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE), JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) and others. Many are down about 7 percent on the session, with First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) down as much as 8 percent.

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