This week’s bottom three unleveraged ETFs were Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners, Global X Silver Miners (NYSEArca: SIL) and Market Vectors Gold Miners with declines of more than 5%.
The top three unleveraged ETFs this week were Guggenheim Global Solar Energy (NYSEArca: TAN), PowerShares Wilderhill Clean Energy (NYSEArca: PBW) and iShares DJ US Home Construction (NYSEArca: ITB) with gains of at least 3%.
In the major U.S. stock indices, the S&P 500 was set for a slight weekly decline of 0.2% in afternoon trade Friday while the Dow slipped 0.5% and the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.2%.
In next week’s economic data, look for reports on homebuilder confidence, housing starts, producer prices, the latest Fed minutes, consumer prices and existing home sales. Markets will be closed Monday for Presidents’ Day.
Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners
