Friday's ETF Movers: GDXJ, XOP
ETF Channel Staff - Friday, August 1, 3:58 PMIn trading on Friday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Endeavour Mining (EDV.CA), up about 7% and shares of Midway Gold (MDW), up about 5.5% on the day.
And underperforming other ETFs today is the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP), off about 2.8% in Friday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Friday were shares of Bill Barrett (BBG), lower by about 8.9%, and shares of Halcon Resources (HK), lower by about 7.1% on the day.