European ETFs: €8.3bn Equity Inflows in Week 28

European exchange-traded funds drew €8.30 billion into equity products in week 28, covering July 13–17, 2026, according to Trackinsight. Across asset classes, fixed income ETFs took in €2.49 billion, commodity ETPs collected €626.0 million, multi-asset ETFs added €47.9 million and cryptocurrency ETPs attracted €12.8 million. Currency ETFs recorded a small outflow of €0.3 million.

At the sector level, Information Technology ETFs led inflows with €1.02 billion, followed by Financials at €414.4 million. Utilities, Energy and Consumer Discretionary recorded net inflows of €44.5 million, €39.0 million and €36.7 million respectively. Materials posted the largest sector outflow at €99.6 million, while Industrials declined by €81.8 million, Communication Services by €81.3 million, Health Care by €62.5 million and Real Estate by €46.3 million.

Sector returns for the week diverged from flows. Energy was the top-performing major sector, rising 4.37%. Real Estate gained 1.74% and Consumer Staples rose 1.69%. Utilities advanced 0.46%. Information Technology fell 5.56%, Materials lost 4.77%, Communication Services dropped 1.81% and Industrials declined 1.61%.

Geographic flows were led by broad and US exposure. World ETFs attracted €2.22 billion and US-focused products gathered €2.09 billion. Developed Markets ETFs took in €1.43 billion and Emerging Markets added €1.16 billion. Europe-focused ETFs recorded €428.6 million of inflows and Japan drew €411.0 million, while Latin America saw net outflows of €74.8 million. Indonesia was the strongest performing market among highlighted geographies, up 4.97%, while South Korea and Taiwan fell 7.24% and 6.92% respectively.

Thematic ETF flows were concentrated in climate-related strategies. Net Zero 2050 led thematic inflows with €894.7 million, Climate Action drew €102.0 million and Cybersecurity attracted €93.5 million. Robotics & Automation added €80.8 million. Alternative Energy posted the largest thematic outflow at €93.0 million and Strategic Metals lost €55.0 million. Thematic performance was weak for the week, with Space down 9.98%, Nuclear Energy down 8.93%, Disruptive Technology down 8.08% and Blockchain down 7.10%.

Among commodities, gold ETPs led inflows with €447.9 million. Multi-commodity products gathered €81.4 million, silver attracted €40.8 million and metal ETPs added €38.1 million. Agriculture products saw outflows of €28.9 million. In cryptocurrency ETPs, Ether products recorded the largest net inflow at €5.7 million, followed by Bitcoin at €5.1 million and Lido Staked Ether at €3.4 million. Hyperliquid and Solana posted outflows of €3.9 million and €2.9 million respectively.

iShares was the top issuer by net inflows at €4.07 billion. Vanguard and Invesco followed with €1.53 billion and €1.51 billion respectively, while Xtrackers by DWS took in €1.44 billion. Other notable issuers included UBS (€892.1 million), J.P. Morgan Asset Management (€518.0 million) and State Street Investment Management (€416.7 million).

Top-performing equity ETFs for the week included the Amundi MSCI Indonesia UCITS ETF, up 6.88%, and the Xtrackers MSCI Indonesia Swap UCITS ETF, up 6.82%. Energy-focused ETFs such as the SPDR MSCI Europe Energy UCITS ETF and the iShares MSCI Europe Energy Sector UCITS ETF rose 5.73% and 5.71% respectively. The most active ETPs by net inflows were the Xtrackers S&P 500 Swap II UCITS ETF at €641.1 million, the Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF at €555.2 million and the iShares S&P 500 Information Technology Sector UCITS ETF at €541.8 million.

The figures reflect Trackinsight’s weekly snapshot of flows and performance across sectors, regions, themes and asset classes for July 13–17, 2026.