The First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 188,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 27,000. Shares of FTLS were up about 0.1% on the day.
Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Thursday were Apple, trading trading flat with over 27.1 million shares changing hands so far this session, and Advanced Micro Devices, up about 1.6% on volume of over 19.1 million shares. Deckers Outdoor is the component faring the best Thursday, higher by about 4.5% on the day, while Chart Industries is lagging other components of the First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF, trading lower by about 10.3%.
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