12:54 PM EDT, 06/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators

Broad-market exchange-traded funds, including IWM and IVV, were trading higher Tuesday. Actively-traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was down 0.1%.

US equity indexes traded mixed after a slower-than-expected increase in retail sales coincided with faster-than-anticipated growth in industrial production.

Energy

iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) gained 0.5% and Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) edged up 0.4%.

Technology

Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) was up 0.1%; iShares US Technology ETF (IYW) and iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF (IGM) were higher.

SPDR S&P Semiconductor (XSD) rose 0.4% while iShares PHLX Semiconductor (SOXX) gained 1.3%.

Financial

Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) rose 0.5%. Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X shares (FAS) were up 1.6% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was down 1.7%.

Commodities

Crude was up 0.8%; United States Oil Fund (USO) rose 0.5%. Natural gas was up 2.6% and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) increased 2.5%.

Gold was up 0.6% based on Comex, and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) rose 0.4%. Silver was up 0.3% and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) rose 0.1%.

Consumer

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP) gained 0.2%; Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) and iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods (IYK) were higher.

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) was down 0.4%; retail funds VanEck Vectors Retail ETF (RTH) and SPDR S&P Retail (XRT) were mixed, with the latter trading higher.

Health Care

Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) rose 0.1% and other funds iShares US Healthcare (IYH) and Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) were higher. Biotech ETF iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was down 0.2%.

Industrial

Select Sector SPDR-Industrial (XLI) gained 0.3% while other industrial funds iShares U.S. Industrials (IYJ), and Vanguard Industrials (VIS) were higher.