Wednesday's ETF Movers: GDXJ, XBI
ETF Channel Staff - Wednesday, December 7, 12:42 PMIn trading on Wednesday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.6% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Asanko Gold (AKG.CA), up about 6.8% and shares of B2gold (BTG), up about 5.4% on the day.
And underperforming other ETFs today is the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI), off about 4.5% in Wednesday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Wednesday were shares of Exelixis (EXEL), lower by about 9.2%, and shares of bluebird bio (BLUE), lower by about 9.2% on the day.