Notable ETF Movers of the Day 04/13: (VXX) (UUP) Higher; (XLF) (SPY) (GLD) Lower

• iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) up 3.55 percent to $18.96. The CBOE VIX is up about 9 percent Friday as economic data weighs. In the U.S., CPI in March rose 0.3 percent as food and energy costs subsided. Core CPI was up 0.2 percent in the period. CPI slowed from a 0.4 percent gain in February and was largely in-line with Street views.
  
  The University of Michigan Consumer Confidence survey came in at 75.7 in April, versus expectations of 76.2.
  
  
  However, GDP in China rose 8.1 percent in the first-quarter, down from an 8.9 percent gain last quarter and analyst expectations of an 8.3 percent jump.
  
  Finally, yields on Spanish debt rose up to 5.9 percent, the highest since last November.
  
  
• PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE: UUP) up 0.74 percent to $22.14. The U.S. dollar hanging on to gains Friday as investors seek a safe haven from market volatility. The euro is off 0.79 percent to $1.3083.

• Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE XLF) down 1.65 percent to $15.23. Financials lower amid beats by Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) in their first-quarter reports. BofA (NYSE: BAC) and Goldman (NYSE: GS) are leading shares lower, down 3.8 percent and 3.4 percent on the session, respectively.
  
  
• SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) down 0.76 percent to $137.74. U.S. markets holding losses on economic data Friday. The S&P 500 is off 0.8 percent, Nasdaq is 1 percent lower, and Dow Jones is 0.6 percent into the red.
  
  
• SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) down 0.59 percent to $161.74. Gold easing today as the dollar is making gains, causing contracts to become a little more expensive for buyers in outside currencies. June contracts, the most active, are off $16.2 to $1,664.4 per ounce on the Comex.

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