iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ( EEM ): -0.02% iShares Russell 2000 Index ( IWM ): -0.45% PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 ( QQQ ): +0.51% iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ( VXX ): -0.88% Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds, including SPY, IWM and IVV were mostly higher. Likewise, actively traded PowerShares QQQ ( QQQ ) was up 0.51%. European stocks were weighed by the report that eurozone inflation sank to a five-year low in September, while German jobless data missed expectations.