iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund ( EEM ): +1.2% VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF ( GDX ): +0.5% SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial ( XLF ): +0.8% United States Oil Fund ( USO ): +0.9% Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds, including IWM and IVV were higher. AVGO shares fell 11.2% Winners and Losers Financial The Select Financial Sector SPDRs ( XLF ) was up 0.8%. US stock futures were cautiously higher ahead of the open, with trade fears still somewhat lingering, and investors looking to earnings as well as inflation data to brighten market sentiment.