From a sector perspective, the markets were little changed. Internationally, however, a number of country ETF continued to rebound from recent oversold extremes above the 200-day moving average.
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Reflecting the relatively unchanged nature of the markets on Friday, the S&P 500 SPDR ETF (SPY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) was trading at breakeven levels for much of the trading day, allowing overbought conditions to wane. Pulling back one day after reaching overbought territory below the 200-day moving average was the ProShares Ultra S&P 500 ETF (SSO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating).
Up for a second day in a row after reaching oversold extremes above the 200-day earlier in the week were the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF (FXI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and the iShares MSCI Brazil Index ETF (EWZ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating).
Technology shares continued to be in demand, driving the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) higher for a third consecutive trading day above the 200-day moving average.
Although making higher intraday highs over the past few days, the iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) continues to close lower on an open-to-close basis, doing so for the seventh day in a row. Similarly listless trading can be see in the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating). Both ETFs are trading above their 200-day moving averages.
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