Wednesday's ETF Movers: GDX, XOP
updated Wednesday, December 16, 12:51 PMIn trading on Wednesday, the Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.2% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Barrick Gold (ABX), up about 7.1% and shares of Hecla Mining (HL), up about 5.7% on the day.
And underperforming other ETFs today is the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP), down about 2% in Wednesday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Wednesday were shares of California Resources (CRC), lower by about 11.4%, and shares of Halcon Resources (HK), lower by about 10.9% on the day.
For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.