Best/Worst Daily ETF Returns: EGPT Jumps 12.25%

By IndexUniverse June 26, 2012, 11:00:00 AM EDT

The Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF (NYSEArca:GREK) was the worst-performing fund Monday, June 25, bleeding 7.4 percent on news that Greece's finance minister was stepping down just a week after he took office.

The latest tidbit coming out of the troubled eurozone added to growing concerns that there might not be an easy way out of Europe's still-unraveling debt crisis, a prospect that would hinder the U.S.' ability to spur sustained growth. The Dow Jones industrial average closed the day 1.1 percent lower at 12,502.66.

Funds like the iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund (NYSEArca:EWP) and the iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund (NYSEArca:EWI), which tap into two of the most troubled European economies right now, were also among the worst-performing ETFs Monday, each shedding nearly 5 percent.

On the flip side, the Market Vectors Egypt ETF (NYSEArca:EGPT) staged a recovery, with gains of 12.25 percent after having ranked among the worst-performing ETFs in the past week.

Investors seem to still be fretting about the implications of Egypt's first democratic election on Sunday going to a putative Islamist candidate, Mohammed Morsi, who was backed by the Muslim Brotherhood.

A couple of Teucrium commodities-based funds were also strong performers Monday, with the Teucrium Wheat ETF (NYSEArca:WEAT) and the Teucrium Corn ETF (NYSEArca:CORN) tagging on gains of 8.0 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively.


Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and 'lt;1,000 Shares Traded

Ticker Name 1-Day Performance 1-Day Volume AUM ($, mm)
EGPT Market Vectors Egypt 12.25% 54,839 36.24
CVOL C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility 9.44% 19,110 8.78
VIXY ProShares VIX Short-Term 8.39% 515,501 157.05
VIIX VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN 8.38% 2,040,053 77.39
WEAT Teucrium Wheat 8.03% 15,888 2.82
VXX iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN 7.87% 38,209,080 1,884.11
UAG ETRACS CMCI Agriculture Total Return ETN 6.69% 11,361 13.49
GRU ELEMENTS MLCX Grains - Total Return ETN 5.97% 57,565 14.51
JJG iPath Dow Jones UBS Grains Total Return ETN 5.95% 180,456 159.20
CORN Teucrium Corn 5.82% 129,787 53.31
Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and 'lt;1,000 Shares Traded
Ticker Name 1-Day Performance 1-Day Volume AUM ($, mm)
GREK Global X FTSE Greece 20 -7.41% 16,010 4.85
EWP iShares MSCI Spain -4.97% 611,181 151.97
EWI iShares MSCI Italy -4.96% 747,925 128.02
FEP First Trust Europe AlphaDex -4.25% 1,300 3.05
XSD SPDR S&P Semiconductor -3.68% 26,535 36.29
PXJ PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio -3.61% 36,121 115.13
PKOL PowerShares Global Coal Portfolio -3.60% 9,028 9.10
KBWI PowerShares KBW Insurance -3.58% 2,200 1.86
URA Global X Uranium -3.54% 80,458 140.34
FEZ SPDR Euro STOXX 50 -3.51% 391,180 544.65

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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This article appears in: Investing, ETFs

Referenced Stocks: CORN, EGPT, EWI, EWP, WEAT



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