Building & Construction Equities Category Report
Last modified: March 15, 2012
The Building and Construction Equities ETFdb Category contains 4 ETFs with a total market capitalization of approximately $2.03 billion (as of March 15, 2012)
The following are the three largest ETFs in this ETFdb Category by market capitalization (as of March 15, 2012):
| Ticker | ETF | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|
| XHB | State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders Fund | $1.4 billion |
| ITB | iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction Index Fund | $586 million |
| FLM | First Trust ISE Glb Engnrg And Const Idx | $38 million |
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The Building and Construction Equities ETFdb Category includes funds holding stocks focused on the either the construction of homes, office and industrial buildings, as well as companies engaged in engineering for construction related projects. Funds in this sector are generally focused on either the homebuilding industry or the engineering segment of the business, there is little overlap between the two. This ETFdb Category includes both funds holding exclusively U.S. equities and diversified global funds.
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