Our Best Performers Today

I always find it fascinating to look at the best performers on a day when the market takes a hit and the sellers are overwhelming the buyers. I broke down our lists of stocks/ETFs and will share the best performers of each group with about 40 minutes left in the trading day.

• ETF BULLETIN: SPDR Gold ETF ($GLD) was last up 0.7% and is bouncing after taking a beating the last two weeks.
• PFG HOLDINGS: AMN Healthcare ($AHS) was up 3.4% and close to a multi-year high.
• SINGLE COUNTRY ETFS: iShares MSCI Philippines ETF ($EPHE) down 0.2% but still the best performer of the small group of single-country ETFs.
• PFG WATCHLIST: Ultrapar Participacoes SA ($UGP) up 3.6% to a new all-time high for the Brazilian energy company.
• SECTOR ETFS: Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF ($GDX) up 1.9% is rising with gold and bouncing off a multi-year low.
• DOW INDUSTRIALS: Hewlett-Packard ($HPQ) up 2.7% as it continues to consolidate between $16 and $17.50.
• S&P 500: Safeway ($SWY) is surging 14.1% to a fresh one-year high.
• S&P 600 SMALL-CAP: Ciber ($CBR) is up 16.8% leading the small-cap stocks.