Thursday's ETF Movers: KRE, GDX
ETF Channel Staff - Thursday, August 21, 3:01 PMIn trading on Thursday, the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Suntrust Banks (STI), up about 2.4% and shares of BancorpSouth (BXS), up about 1.9% on the day.
And underperforming other ETFs today is the Gold Miners ETF (GDX), down about 2.4% in Thursday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Thursday were shares of Semafo (SMF.CA), lower by about 5%, and shares of Royal Gold (RGLD), lower by about 4.4% on the day.