iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund ( EEM ): +1.6% VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF ( GDX ): +4.1% PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 ( QQQ ): +1.2% SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial ( XLF ): +1.2% Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds, including IWM and IVV were firmer. Actively traded PowerShares QQQ ( QQQ ) was up 1.2%. Earlier, the strongest gain in the nominal CPI in five months triggered panic selling in stock futures before investors scrambled to cover shorts after a second look indicated year-over-year inflation remains below the Fed's 2.0% target rate.