Thursday's ETF with Unusual Volume: PPH
ETF Channel Staff - Thursday, February 23, 1:10 PMThe Pharmaceutical ETF (PPH) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 2.0 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 243,000. Shares of PPH were up about 1.1% on the day.
Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Thursday were Pfizer (PFE), trading up about 1.4% with over 13.6 million shares changing hands so far this session, and Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX), up about 1.7% on volume of over 7.6 million shares. Endo International (ENDP) is the component faring the best Thursday, up by about 4.6% on the day, while GW Pharmaceuticals (GWPH) is lagging other components of the Pharmaceutical ETF, trading lower by about 1.4%.