A mix of data and market shifts made for up and down trading Tuesday that left many exchange traded funds teetering through the day. A late-session rally on rising energy prices put the Dow Jones Industrial Index in positive territory and oil prices close to $59 a barrel. The Dow rallied at the end of the day to gain 50 points at 8469. To see a complete rundown on Tuesday s trading session see our market story.

Winners

Rising energy prices boosted shares of the United States Natural Gas fund (UNG) by 4.8%. Gold closed above $923, pushing shares of the Market Vectors Gold Miners fund (GDX) up 4.4%.

Losers

Financial stocks remained volatile Tuesday, knocking both the SPDR KBW Bank fund (KBE) and SPDR KBW Regional Banking fund (KRE) back 3.8%. The iShares S&P North American Technology Semiconductors fund (IGW) experienced a 2.5% drop after Applied Materials (AMAT) swung to a loss.

Tuesday s Industry Headlines

Launching Pad
Claymore Securities is seeking permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission for a trio of actively managed exchange-traded funds that would be managed with a bottom-up approach by subadvisor Delta Global Advisors. Technical analysis could figure in stock selection for the proposed Claymore Delta Global Infrastructure ETF, Claymore Delta Global Hard Assets ETF and Claymore Delta Global Agribusiness ETF, the firm said.

Wednesday s Notebook

Earnings and Conference Calls
Acxiom, Allianz, Clearwire, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Helen of Troy, ING Groep, Jack in the Box, Liz Claiborne, Opnet Technologies, Polymer Group, Stanley, Tidewater, Transgenomic, Wabash National

Economic Data
8:30 a.m. April Import Prices
8:30 a.m. April Retail Sales
8:30 a.m. April Retail Sales, ex-autos
10:00 a.m. March Business Inventories

A look at how the industry's most popular ETFs did on Tuesday: