On September 23, Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares rose 8.09% in regular trading, trading near $185.98/share, with turnover of approximately $97.94 million. The leveraged ETF amplified a broad rally across gold mining equities.

On the news front, the Federal Reserve's September 17 rate hike of 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00% has been widely interpreted by the market as a sell-the-news event. Spot gold subsequently recovered above $4,370/oz, with the metal briefly topping $4,360 on September 22. Two leading investment banks reinforced bullish sentiment: Goldman Sachs reiterated its $5,400/oz gold target for end of next year, stating tightening policy would slow but not derail gold's advance. UBS projected gold reaching $4,600/oz by year-end, citing rising global fiscal deficits, weakening dollar expectations, and sustained central bank gold purchases as structural tailwinds. The fund tracks the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index at 2x daily leverage, meaning the underlying mining stock rebound was magnified in NUGT's price action.

The fund is comprised of publicly traded common stocks, ADRs, or global depositary receipts of companies involved primarily in gold mining. It invests at least 80% of net assets in financial instruments providing 2x daily leveraged exposure to the index and is non-diversified.

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