01:13 PM EST, 02/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators

Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were lower. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was down 0.9%.

US equity indexes fell with government bond yields as earnings, macroeconomic data, and a worsening geopolitical environment weighed on risk sentiment.

Energy

iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) and Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) both added about 0.5% each.

Technology

Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) was 0.7% down; iShares US Technology ETF (IYW) and iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF (IGM) were lower.

SPDR S&P Semiconductor (XSD) lost 0.5%, and iShares Semiconductor (SOXX) down 0.3%.

Financial

Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) dropped 2.1%. Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) fell 6.2%, and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) rose 6.4%.

Commodities

Crude oil climbed 1.4%, and the United States Oil Fund (USO) added 0.9%. Natural gas was down 5.4%, and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) eased 5.4%.

Gold was up 0.8% on Comex, and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) climbed 0.1%. Silver rose 1.4%, and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) added 0.9%.

Consumer

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP) fell 0.8%; Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) and iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods (IYK) mixed with the latter trending higher.

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) was down 1.4%; retail fund VanEck Vectors Retail ETF (RTH) lost 1.4%, and SPDR S&P Retail (XRT) dropped 1.6%.

Health Care

Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) rose 0.2%, and iShares US Healthcare (IYH) and Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) were higher. IShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) gained 0.2%.

Industrial

Select Sector SPDR-Industrial (XLI) was down 1.2%, and Vanguard Industrials (VIS) and iShares US Industrials (IYJ) were in the red.