iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund ( EEM ): -0.03% VIX Short-Term Futures ETN Ipath ( VXX ): +0.8% Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF ( GDX ): -4.7% SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial ( XLF ): +0.5% Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds, including SPY, IWM and IVV edged higher. Select Financial Sector SPDRs ( XLF ) was up 0.4%. In economic data news, the government reported an as-expected 0.2% increase in the nominal and core consumer price index, neither of which were viewed as ammunition for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month.