Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, January 23rd (BOIL, NUGT, UCO, EDC)

ProShares Ultra DJ-UBS Natural Gas

spiked 18.43% on Monday, and it closed at $14.97. Natural gas traded higher on the news that Chesapeake Energy Corporation

is going to reduce its operated dry gas drilling activity. Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares

gained 5.12% as Barrick Gold Corporation (

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jumped 2.44%, and Kinross Gold Corporation (

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added 4.51%. ProShares Ultra DJ-UBS Crude Oil

traded higher today, along with crude oil. UCO jumped 2.96%, and it closed at $41.41. Crude oil came close to $100 in today's trading session on the news that EU will stop buying oil from Iran in the second half of the year. Iran responded to the news with a threat that it will close the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel. Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3x Shares(

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jumped 2.47%, and it closed at $98.38. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (

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, a component of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, spiked 4.29% on Monday.