Thursday's ETF Movers: GDXJ, IYT
ETF Channel Staff - Thursday, August 17, 1:33 PMIn trading on Thursday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 0.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Pretium Resources (PVG), up about 3.1% and shares of Gold Fields (GFI), up about 3% on the day.
And underperforming other ETFs today is the iShares Transportation Average ETF (IYT), down about 1.9% in Thursday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Thursday were shares of Jetblue Airways (JBLU), lower by about 4.5%, and shares of American Airlines Group (AAL), lower by about 3.8% on the day.