Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, August 3rd (AGQ, BZQ, SOXL, AGA)

Craig Jones, Benzinga Staff Writer

August 03, 2011 7:55 PM

Tickers: $ADR, AGA, AGQ, BZQ, ETF, LSI, NVDA, PBR, SOXL, VALE

ProShares Ultra Silver (ETF) (NYSE: AGQ) traded 3.88% higher, and closed at $231.44 on Wednesday. This was the second trading session in a row that AGQ closed higher.

ProShares Ultrashort MSCI Brazil (NYSE: BZQ) gained 3.30% today as Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR) (NYSE: PBR) fell 2.11%, and Vale (ADR) (NYSE: VALE) lost 1.87%.

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXL) added 3.17%, and closed at $35.48. In the semiconductor space, LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) gained 3.27%, and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) added 2.70%.

PowerShares DB Agriculture Double Short ETN (NYSE: AGA) jumped 3.10% on profit taking in corn futures, wheat futures and sugar futures.

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