Tuesday's ETF Movers: ITB, GDXJ
ETF Channel Staff - Tuesday, August 19, 1:48 PMIn trading on Tuesday, the iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.9% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Home Depot (HD), up about 5.1% and shares of Louisiana Pacific (LPX), up about 3.6% on the day.
And underperforming other ETFs today is the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ), down about 1% in Tuesday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Tuesday were shares of Rubicon Minerals (RMX.CA), lower by about 4%, and shares of Silver Standard Resources (SSRI), lower by about 3.1% on the day.