Thursday's ETF with Unusual Volume: IXG
ETF Channel Staff - Thursday, August 17, 1:34 PMThe iShares Global Financials ETF (IXG) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 353,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 46,000. Shares of IXG were down about 1.3% on the day.
Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Thursday were Bank of America (BAC), trading down about 1.5% with over 35.7 million shares changing hands so far this session, and Keycorp (KEY), down about 0.3% on volume of over 13.9 million shares. Banco de Chile (BCH) is the component faring the best Thursday, up by about 0.2% on the day, while Brighthouse Financial (BHF) is lagging other components of the iShares Global Financials ETF, trading lower by about 3%.