Thursday, July 9, 2009

TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Thursday

TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Thursday

Sellers were especially aggressive in the financial sector, with the Financial Select Sector SPDRS ETF (XLF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) losing more than 3% intraday. Country ETFs continued their pullbacks across the board, becoming increasingly oversold above their 200-day moving averages.

Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Thursday

Exchange-traded funds representing each of the so-called BRIC nations experienced another day in oversold territory above the 200-day. Down more than 2% intraday was the iShares MSCI Brazil Index ETF (EWZ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), and the Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) plunged more than 5% late in trading on Wednesday.

The India Fund (IFN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) also lost more than 5% intraday, closing for a third consecutive session in oversold territory above the 200-day moving average. Representing China, the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF (FXI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) slid by a little over 2% intraday, closing for a second day in a row oversold above its 200-day.

Soaring by more than 2% intraday, the CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust ETF (FXY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) traded on Wednesday at levels not reached since February of this year.

Weakness in technology shares - especially semiconductors - helped push the ProShares UltraShort Semiconductor ETF (SSG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) deeper into overbought territory below the 200-day moving average.

Trading at its highest levels since mid-March and increasingly overbought below the 200-day moving average, the ProShares UltraShort Financial ETF (SKF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) gained more than 5% intraday on Wednesday.

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