ByWILL SWARTS
Sliding global economic sentiment, receding oil prices and the nearing end of the second-quarter earnings season combined to create a solid selloff in stocks Monday. A World Bank report over the weekend suggested that global GDP would shrink by 2.9% for the full year, worse than the 1.7% contraction of earlier forecasts. That triggered selling in major global markets, and helped push oil prices down well below the $70 level crude reached through most of last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Index shed 201 points to close at 8339. The S&P 500 stock index dropped below 900 for the first time since May 28. For a complete rundown of Monday s trading session see our market story.
Winners
Among unleveraged, unshorted exchange-traded funds, the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond fund (TLT) proved the safest bet, gaining 1%. Holding their ground, at least, were shares of the iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (TIP), which notched a 0.2% gain.
Losers
Gold dropped to $923 an ounce, pushing shares of the Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) down by 6.7%. Crude's slide to $66.93 a barrel knocked back the Oil Service HOLDRS Trust (OIH) by 6.6%.
Tuesday s Notebook
Earnings and Conference Calls
AeroVironment, America's Car-Mart, Apogee Enterprises, Commercial Metals, H.B. Fuller, Jabil Circuit, Kroger, Oracle, Sonic, Steelcase
Economic Data
7:45 a.m. ICSC Chain Store Sales Index for June 20
8:55 a.m. Redbook Retail Sales Index for June 20
10:00 a.m. May Existing Home Sales
10:00 a.m. June Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index
4:30 p.m. June 1 API Oil Industry Report
5:00 p.m. ABC/Washington Post Consumer Confidence for June 20
A look at how the industry's most popular ETFs did on Monday:
| Symbol | Net Assets | Price | 52 Week High | 52 Week Low | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | 63,692 | 89.28 | 134.75 | 68.13 | 246,933,410 |
| EFA | 30,201 | 45.42 | 71.76 | 32.16 | 21,476,264 |
| EEM | 30,793 | 30.6 | 47.18 | 19.12 | 80,947,829 |
| GLD | NA | 90.54 | 97.24 | 70.14 | 12,953,208 |
| IVV | 17,692 | 90.03 | 134.95 | 68.24 | 6,064,021 |
| QQQQ | 13,357 | 35.08 | 48.8 | 25.51 | 137,187,258 |
| IWF | 9,442 | 39.95 | 58.1 | 30.49 | 4,032,996 |
| SHY | 7,059 | 83.53 | 85 | 82.26 | 1,054,312 |
| VTI | 10,157 | 45.05 | 67.76 | 33.75 | 2,629,582 |
| IWD | 7,122 | 46.04 | 72.4 | 34.22 | 3,684,702 |



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