Friday's ETF Movers: GDX, SOXX
ETF Channel Staff - Friday, August 17, 1:53 PMIn trading on Friday, the Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.2% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Eldorado Gold (EGO), up about 3.1% and shares of Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), up about 3.1% on the day.
And underperforming other ETFs today is the iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (SOXX), off about 1.3% in Friday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Friday were shares of Applied Materials (AMAT), lower by about 7%, and shares of Nvidia (NVDA), lower by about 4.5% on the day.