Wednesday's ETF with Unusual Volume: VPL
ETF Channel Staff - Wednesday, August 16, 1:32 PMThe Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (VPL) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 742,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 332,000. Shares of VPL were up about 0.5% on the day.
Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Wednesday were BHP Billiton (BHP), trading up about 1.9% with over 1.4 million shares changing hands so far this session, and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), up about 0.1% on volume of over 1.1 million shares. Woodside Petroleum (WOPEY) is the component faring the best Wednesday, up by about 3.6% on the day, while Woori Bank (WF) is lagging other components of the Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF, trading lower by about 1.8%.