Thursday's ETF Movers: GDX, XBI
updated Thursday, August 6, 11:37 AMIn trading on Thursday, the Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.8% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Primero Mining (PPP), up about 7.9% and shares of Barrick Gold (ABX), up about 7.3% on the day.
And underperforming other ETFs today is the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI), down about 2.4% in Thursday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Thursday were shares of Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO), lower by about 18.3%, and shares of Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), lower by about 8% on the day.
For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.