Wednesday's ETF with Unusual Volume: FTLS
ETF Channel Staff - Wednesday, March 29, 1:41 PMThe First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF (FTLS) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 464,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 31,000. Shares of FTLS were off about 0.1% on the day.
Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Wednesday were SPDR Standard and Poors 500 ETF (SPY), trading up about 0.1% with over 27.8 million shares changing hands so far this session, and Ford Motor (F), up about 0.3% on volume of over 22.1 million shares. Newlink Genetics (NLNK) is the component faring the best Wednesday, higher by about 9.9% on the day, while AMN Healthcare Services (AMN) is lagging other components of the First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF, trading lower by about 2.8%.