Energy a Bright Spot as Financials Drag on Market

Market Wrap-Up


A second consecutive day of woes for the financial sector kept equities headed downward, as further deterioration at

Citigroup

J.P. Morgan Chase

Bank of America

Winners


Natural gas producers and energy services companies rose on news of a drop in crude oil inventories, which also pushed the price of oil up to $116.50. A good day for

Halliburton

Peabody Energy

Massey Energy

Consol Energy

Apache

Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF

Oil Service Holdrs Trust

U.S. Steel

Nucor

Losers


Another grim day for major investment bank shares put further pressure on financial ETFs, including

Financial Select Sector SPDR

KBW Bank

KBW Regional Banking

Regional Bank HOLDRS Trust

Thursday's Notebook


Earnings


AmBev, Autodesk, First Data, Melco Crown Entertainment, Nordstrom, Urban Outfitters, Wal-Mart Stores

Economic Data
Initial Jobless Claims for the week of Aug. 9 (8:30 a.m.)
July Consumer Price Index (8:30 a.m.)
July CPI, Ex-Food & Energy (8:30 a.m.)

Quick Take

A look at how some of the industry's most popular ETFs did Wednesday.

10 Largest ETFs

SymbolNet AssetsPrice52 Week High52 Week LowVolume

SPY

71,655

128.57

156.39

121.48

256,308,408

EFA

43,645

63.84

85.64

64.79

12,559,219

EEM

20,935

40.34

55.13

39.16

51,925,701

GLD

19,258

81.56

99.81

65.04

16,565,784

IVV

16,690

129.03

156.65

121.69

3,474,969

QQQQ

16,302

47.7

55.03

41.17

169,638,312

IWF

13,253

55.11

63.64

52.79

3,163,938

SHY

9,070

82.88

84.49

80.53

1,158,080

VTI

10,116

64.78

77.66

60.89

1,474,382

IWD

8,091

68.95

88.24

64.01

1,812,144

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