Emerging markets ETFs were again the leaders to the downside, with funds linked to stock markets in India, Hong Kong and Taiwan all down 3-4%. Down for four or more days in a row were the Nasdaq 100-related exchange-traded funds.
To the upside, inverse and inverse leveraged ETFs were among Thursday's biggest gainers, with funds indexed to the inverse of the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 up more than 4% on the day.
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Pulling back more than 2% on the day, the iShares Russell 2000 Trust, IWM (IWM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), rallied from its intraday lows to remain above its 200-day moving average. The fund is as oversold as it has been in more than a week.
The rout in emerging markets ETFs continued on Thursday, with both the India Fund, IFN (IFN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and the iShares MSCI Taiwan Index fund, EWT (EWT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) down more than 4%.
Softening economies around the world have led to a decline in demand for raw materials, leading to gains in inverse ETFs like the ProShares Ultra Basic Materials exchange-traded fund, SMN (SMN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which was up by more than 8% intraday on Thursday.
Up more than 6% intraday, the ProShares UltraShort Financials exchange-traded fund, SKF (SKF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), has responded aggressively to yesterday's oversold extremes.
Also among the inverse funds doing well on Thursday were inverse index funds including the ProShares UltraShort QQQ ETF, QID (QID | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) which was higher by more than 4% on the day, as well as the ProShares UltraShort Russell 2000 fund, TWM (TWM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which was up more than 5%.
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