Broad Market Indicators
Broad-market exchange-traded funds, including IWM and IVV, were trading higher. Actively-traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was fractionally lower.
US benchmark stock indexes traded mixed while government bond yields fell after midday Friday.
Energy
iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) fell 0.9% and Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) slid 1%.
Technology
Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) was down 0.1%; iShares US Technology ETF (IYW) and iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF (IGM) were mixed, with the latter edging higher.
SPDR S&P Semiconductor (XSD) declined 1.1% while iShares PHLX Semiconductor (SOXX) fell 0.8%.
Financial
Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) gained 0.6%. Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X shares (FAS) was up 1.5% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was down 1.5%.
Commodities
Crude was down 2.6%; United States Oil Fund (USO) contracted 2.4%. Natural gas was down 7.5% and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) declined 6.8%.
Gold was up 0.8% based on Comex, and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) rose 0.6%. Silver was up 0.6% and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) gained 0.7%.
Consumer
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP) rose 0.4%; Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) and iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods (IYK) were higher.
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) fell 0.3%; retail funds VanEck Vectors Retail ETF (RTH) and SPDR S&P Retail (XRT) were higher.
Health Care
Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) rose 0.4% and other funds iShares US Healthcare (IYH) and Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) were higher. Biotech ETF iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was up 0.8%.
Industrial
Select Sector SPDR-Industrial (XLI) gained 0.5% while other industrial funds iShares U.S. Industrials (IYJ), and Vanguard Industrials (VIS) were higher.
