Conversely, the steepest decliners included ETFs indexed to sugar, homebuilders, semiconductors and base metals.
The top three unleveraged ETFs this week were U.S. Natural Gas Fund, Market Vectors Coal and PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury (NYSEArca: ZROZ) with gains of more than 4%.
The bottom three unleveraged ETFs this week were iPath Sugar (NYSEArca: SGG), iShares DJ US Home Construction (NYSEArca: ITB) and SPDR S&P Homebuilders (NYSEArca: XHB) with setbacks of more than 5%.
In next week’s economic data, look for reports on retail sales, business inventories, consumer prices, industrial production, housing starts and existing home sales.