Exchange-Traded Funds Lower, US Equities Mixed After Midday

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Exchange-Traded Funds Lower, US Equities Mixed After Midday

, MT Newswires - 1:11 PM ET 3/31/2025 default

01:11 PM EDT, 03/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators

Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were lower. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) fell 1.2%.

US equity indexes traded mixed while gold futures hit a new all-time high intraday ahead of the reciprocal tariff announcements from the Trump administration this week.

Energy

iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) and Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) both rose 1.3%.

Technology

Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) shed 1.5%; iShares US Technology ETF (IYW) and iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF (IGM) also declined.

SPDR S&P Semiconductor (XSD) fell 2.6%, and iShares Semiconductor (SOXX) dipped 2.2%.

Financial

Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) was up 0.4%. Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) rose 1.1%, and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was down 1.3%.

Commodities

Crude oil gained 3.5%, and the United States Oil Fund (USO) added 3.6%. Natural gas climbed 0.6%, and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was 0.1% lower.

Gold was up 1.3% on Comex, and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) added 1.2%. Silver fell 0.3%, and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) dropped 0.4%.

Consumer

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP) was 1.1% higher; Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) and iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods (IYK) advanced as well.

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) was down 0.7%; retail fund VanEck Retail ETF (RTH) was up 0.4%, and SPDR S&P Retail (XRT) climbed 0.2%.

Health Care

Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) was 0.1% up and iShares US Healthcare (IYH) and Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) were in the red. IShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 3.2%.

Industrial

Industrial Select Sector SPDR (XLI) shed 0.1%. Vanguard Industrials (VIS) and iShares US Industrials (IYJ) were mixed with the latter trending higher.

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