SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial ( XLF ): -1% Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 ( QQQ ): -2% VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF ( GDX ): -2.5% Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds, including IWM and IVV were lower. Actively traded PowerShares QQQ ( QQQ ) was down 2%. US stocks continued to trade in the red at session's half, weighed down by accelerating inflation and its likely impact on Federal Reserve monetary policy, slowing Chinese economic growth and lackluster corporate guidance.