The three major U.S. stock indexes closed collectively lower, $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ down 1.56%, $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$Dropped by 1.78%,$S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ down 1.52%. The banking sector plummeted, Deutsche Bank (DB.US) dropping more than 6%, $Barclays(BCS.US)$ dropping nearly 6%, $Morgan Stanley(MS.US)$ 、 Goldman Sachs (GS.US) falling more than 4%; most chip stocks declined, $Intel (INTC.US)$ Dropped more than 5%. $SanDisk (SNDK.US)$ Dropped more than 5%. Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM.US) dropping 5%.
Top 5 Gainers in U.S. Stock ETFs
$2x Leverage FLY ETF-Tradr (FLYT.US) surging over 26.70%, with a trading volume of 4.3873 million U.S. dollars.
Firefly Aerospace (FLY) announced on Wednesday evening that it had launched its Alpha Flight 7 'Seven Steps' mission from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, carrying a demonstration payload for Lockheed Martin (LMT).
$2x Long Volatility Index Futures ETF (UVIX.US)$ soaring over 14.36%, with a trading volume of 551 million U.S. dollars.
Panic Index $VIX Index (LIST91327.US)$ rose more than 12%.
$Tradr 2X Long LEU Daily ETF(LEUX.US)$ rising over 13.81%, with a trading volume of 426,200 U.S. dollars.
$MAX AIRLINES -3X INVERSE LEVERAGED ETN(JETD.US)$ Surged over 11.26%, with a trading volume of $2.7275 million.
$2x Leverage QBTS ETF - Defiance (QBTZ.US)$ Surged over 11.20%, with a trading volume of $18.1033 million.
Top 5 Decliners in U.S. Stock ETFs
$2x Long GEMI ETF-Leverage Shares(GEMG.US)$ Plummeted over 23.21%, with a trading volume of $346,900.
$Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X Shares(KORU.US)$ Plummeted over 20.33%, with a trading volume of $614 million.
$2X Leveraged Long AFRM ETF-T-Rex(AFRU.US)$ Plummeted over 16.56%, with a trading volume of $1.4629 million.
Due to concerns about inflation and rising interest rates triggered by the Middle East conflict, stocks of buy-now-pay-later companies fell, with a bleak outlook for consumer loans.
Tradr Daily LITE Bull 2X ETF (LITX.US) Plummeted over 16.44%, with a trading volume of $66.3663 million.
$GraniteShares 2x Long RIVN ETF (RVNL.US)$ Plummeted over 16.43%, with a trading volume of $1.7375 million.
Electric vehicle manufacturer $Rivian Automotive(RIVN.US)$ announced on Thursday that its long-awaited R2 midsize SUV will begin deliveries this spring, starting at $57,990. This is approximately $13,000 higher than the price of the entry-level R2 model that Rivian ultimately plans to launch by the end of next year. Rivian Automotive Inc. will offer an SUV priced below $50,000.
Top 5 Gainers in Major U.S. Equity Index ETFs
$1.5X Ultra-Short VIX Futures Proshares (UVXY.US)$ Surged over 9.86%, with a trading volume of $316 million.
$ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY.US)$ Surged over 6.83%, with a trading volume of $201 million.
$S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN iPath (VXX.US)$ Surged over 6.79%, with a trading volume of $513 million.
$Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares ETF (TZA.US)$ Surged over 6.58%, with a trading volume of $11.141 billion.
$ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ ETF (SQQQ.US)$ Surged over 5.21%, with a trading volume of $3.968 billion.
Top 5 Industry ETF Decliners
$Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares ETF (SOXL.US)$ Plummeted over 10.36%, with a trading volume of $5.302 billion.
$Triple Short Semiconductor ETF-Direxion (SOXS.US)$ Surged over 10%.
: Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS.US) Plummeted over 4.89%, with a trading volume of $189 million.
Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ.US) Surged nearly 5%.
$ProShares Ultra Financials ETF (UYG.US)$ Plummeted over 3.39%, with a trading volume of $3.0719 million.
$iShares Transportation ETF (IYT.US)$ Dropped by more than 3.39%, with a trading volume of 139 million US dollars.
$Oil Services ETF-VanEck(OIH.US)$ Dropped by more than 3.26%, with a trading volume of 2.2 billion US dollars.
Top 5 Decliners in Bond ETFs
$SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond (EBND.US)$ Dropped by more than 1.18%, with a trading volume of 17.3426 million US dollars.
$iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond (LEMB.US)$ Dropped by more than 1.18%, with a trading volume of 11.9896 million US dollars.
Invesco International Corporate Bond ETF (PICB.US) Dropped by more than 1.02%, with a trading volume of 1.7621 million US dollars.
$Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt - PowerShares(PCY.US)$ Dropped by more than 1.00%, with a trading volume of 4.4652 million US dollars.
$SPDR Citi International Government Inflation-Linked Bond ETF (WIP.US)$ Dropped by more than 1.00%, with a trading volume of 4.4071 million US dollars.
Top 5 Gains in Commodity ETFs
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF (UCO.US) Rose by more than 10.32%, with a trading volume of 923 million US dollars.
Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued a stern warning on Thursday to regional countries hosting U.S. military bases, demanding they close these facilities or face potential attacks. Amid escalating tensions between Iran, the United States, and Israel, Mojtaba Khamenei also called for the continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as a means of pressuring hostile forces.
$United States Oil ETF (USO.US)$ Rose by more than 9.57%, with a trading volume of 10.69 billion US dollars.
United States Brent Oil Fund, LP (BNO.US) Surged over 9.56%, with a trading volume of 447 million US dollars.
$United States Gasoline Fund LP(UGA.US)$ Surged over 6.33%, with a trading volume of 8.1089 million US dollars.
$PowerShares DB Energy Fund (DBE.US)$ Surged over 6.31%, with a trading volume of 1.5957 million US dollars.
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