Notable ETF Movers of the Day 04/11: (SPY) (USO) High; (VXX) (UNG) Low

• SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) up 0.96 percent to $137.20. U.S. indices are up on the session, trying to fend off a five-session slide in April, following a strong start to the first-quarter earnings season with a beat by Alcoa (NYSE: AA) issued Tuesday.
  
  Alcoa reported adjusted net income of 9 cents per share on revs of $6.01 billion, versus consensus views calling for a loss of 4 cents per share and revs of $5.77 billion.
  
  
  The beat is bringing life back to markets which have absolutely loved taking a breather in April following a powerful first-quarter to 2012.
  
  
• United States Oil (NYSE: USO) up 1.56 percent to $39.11. Crude inventories last week rose 2.8 million barrels, compared with a 2.2 million barrel gain expected by Dow Jones and 6.6 million barrel gain reported by the American Petroleum Institute late-Tuesday night. May contracts are $1.80 better to $102.82 on the Comex.

• iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) down 3.51 percent to $19.77. The CBOE VIX is off about 3.4 percent Wednesday as markets try to push higher following a five-session dip lower.
  
  
• United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) down 0.98 percent to $15.09. Nat gas lower again as warmer weather in the forecast means less usage in the works for consumers. On a positive note, summer is approaching, meaning more might be burned off as fuel for electricity to heat homes. Nat gas May contracts are down $.021 to $2.010 per mmBtu on the Comex.

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