The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) tacked on 8.68 percent on Thursday, Aug. 8, as other gold and silver miner ETFs followed suit and topped performance for the day. Markets rose, with the S'P 500 adding 6.57 points, or 0.39 percent, to close at 1,697.48, and total U.S.-listed ETF assets climbed to $1.543 trillion.
Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '5,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| GDX | Market Vectors Gold Miners | 8.68% | 65,971,961 | 6,388.76 |
| SIL | Global X Silver Miners | 7.26% | 230,603 | 206.05 |
| GLDX | Global X Gold Explorers | 6.68% | 35,235 | 30.24 |
| GDXJ | Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners | 6.53% | 1,693,629 | 1,330.93 |
| RING | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners | 6.04% | 71,586 | 34.19 |
| JUNR | Global X Junior Miners ETF | 5.46% | 28,353 | 4.59 |
| COPX | Global X Copper Miners | 4.57% | 27,837 | 30.81 |
| CU | First Trust ISE Global Copper | 4.38% | 16,345 | 30.46 |
| XME | SPDR S'P Metals and Mining | 4.25% | 5,674,588 | 515.09 |
| PGM | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Total Return ETN | 3.86% | 5,800 | 20.65 |
Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '5,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -1.63% | 277,255 | 16.94 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -1.63% | 345,683 | 162.41 |
| VXX | iPath S'P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -1.63% | 23,395,977 | 1,333.54 |
| DBJP | db X-trackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity | -1.39% | 27,212 | 154.10 |
| DXJ | WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity | -1.23% | 6,194,959 | 10,779.23 |
| OIL | iPath S'P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return ETN | -1.01% | 350,183 | 365.84 |
| USO | United States Oil | -0.97% | 10,858,084 | 756.84 |
| USL | United States 12 Month Oil | -0.79% | 6,588 | 80.66 |
| BNO | United States Brent Oil | -0.78% | 72,246 | 40.64 |
| EWJ | iShares MSCI Japan | -0.69% | 26,305,818 | 11,509.84 |
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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