Nine new exchange-listed sector index funds issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) have begun trading on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.
The new SPDR ETFs track the performance of US stock corporations from the S&P 500's Select Sector index family and enable investors to participate for the first time in the performance of the following sectors: consumer staples and discretionary, energy, financials, health care, materials, industrials, technology and utilities. The indices are weighted by market capitalisation.
The nine new ETFs are:
SPDR S&P US Consumer Discretionary Select Sec- tor UCITS ETF
SPDR S&P US Consumer Staples Select Sector UCITS ETF
SPDR S&P US Energy Select Sector UCITS ETF
SPDR S&P US Financials Select Sector UCITS ETF
SPDR S&P US Health Care Select Sector UCITS ETF
SPDR S&P US Industrials Select Sector UCITS ETF
SPDR S&P US Materials Select Sector UCITS ETF
SPDR S&P US Technology Select Sector UCITS ETF
SPDR S&P US Utilities Select Sector UCITS ETF
