Best/Worst Weekly ETF Returns: ‘EGPT’ Soars

The Market Vectors Egypt ETF (EGPT) spiked 14.14 percent in the week ending Wednesday, July 3 following the unseating of President Mohammed Morsi , and gold miner funds rallied as much as 13 percent.

The S'P 500 moved up 2.21 points during that same four-day period, closing at 1,615.41 on Wednesday, July 3.

The Global X Gold Explorers fund (GLDX) shot up 13.02 percent, leading a handful of gold and silver miner funds to outperform even though gold prices continued their downward movement.

Commodity funds like the Teucrium Corn ETF (CORN) also suffered losses. CORN fell 6.70 percent, the biggest slide for a single-commodity fund this week, according to HardAssetsInvestor.com’s weekly commodity fund flows report .


Top 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded

Ticker

Name

Weekly Performance

Weekly Volume

AUM ($, mm)

EGPT

Market Vectors Egypt

14.14%

332,460

30.61

GLDX

Global X Gold Explorers

13.02%

248,336

24.78

SIL

Global X Silver Miners

11.14%

907,531

182.59

SLVP

iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners

10.02%

35,415

4.55

GDXJ

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners

9.53%

6,826,162

1,211.27

TDD

db X-trackers 2010 Target Date

9.17%

3,947

9.78

ICOL

iShares MSCI Colombia Capped

9.13%

2,700

11.97

GDX

Market Vectors Gold Miners

8.82%

163,952,043

5,826.16

PALL

ETFS Physical Palladium

8.58%

392,069

545.89

PSAU

PowerShares Global Gold and Precious Metals

8.27%

121,340

18.40


Bottom 10 Weekly Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded

Ticker

Name

Weekly Performance

Weekly Volume

AUM ($, mm)

CVOL

C-Tracks Citi Volatility ETN

-11.14%

30,092

2.66

EWZS

iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap

-8.77%

95,480

35.77

VIXY

ProShares VIX Short-Term

-7.25%

2,092,063

169.82

VXX

iPath S'P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN

-7.20%

171,246,408

1,124.16

VIIX

VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN

-7.18%

1,959,963

22.51

BRF

Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap

-7.12%

635,139

238.48

CORN

Teucrium Corn

-6.70%

508,589

38.15

GBB

iPath GBP/USD Exchange Rate ETN

-5.68%

5,566

2.86

SGG

iPath Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Total Return ETN

-5.49%

40,228

28.04

SGAR

iPath Pure Beta Sugar ETN

-5.37%

1,100

2.11

Disclaimer:All data as of 6 a.m. Eastern time the date the article is published. Data is believed to be accurate; however, transient market data is often subject to subsequent revision and correction by the exchanges.

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