iShares S&P 500 ( IVV ): +0.57% PowerShares QQQ ( QQQ ): +0.82% iShares Russell 2000 ( IWM ): +0.75% iShares Russell 1000 Growth ( IWF ): +0.53% iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM): -0.02% United States Oil Fund (USO): +2.21% SPDR Gold Shares (GLD): -0.19% Select Financial Sector SPDRS (XLF): +1.19% Pre-Market Movers Actively traded PowerShares QQQ ( QQQ ) was down 0.12%. Meanwhile, December consumer prices rose a seasonally adjusted 0.3%; core CPI, excluding volatile food and energy costs, was up 0.1%.