Thursday's ETF Movers: GDXJ, XOP
ETF Channel Staff - Thursday, February 26, 11:50 AMIn trading on Thursday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.9% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Perseus Mining (PRU.CA), up about 6.1% and shares of Bear Creek Mining (BCM.CA), up about 5.3% on the day.
And underperforming other ETFs today is the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP), off about 2.2% in Thursday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Thursday were shares of Clayton Williams Energy (CWEI), lower by about 15.7%, and shares of New Field Exploration (NFX), lower by about 8.3% on the day.