European ETFs Attract €7.46 Billion During Week 43

European ETFs attracted €4.52 billion in equity inflows and €2.94 billion in fixed-income inflows during the week of Oct. 19-23, 2026. Commodity products gathered €305.5 million, while cryptocurrency products recorded €35.3 million in net outflows.

Information technology ETFs led sector inflows with €191.4 million, followed by energy at €132.7 million and health care at €110.3 million. Materials attracted €46.8 million. Financials recorded the largest sector outflow at €169.5 million, followed by communication services at €79.1 million and consumer staples at €61.4 million.

Health care posted the strongest weekly sector return at 2.70%, followed by energy at 2.06%. Materials fell 7.60%, the weakest sector result, while communication services declined 3.96%.

Developed-market equity exposures received €1.83 billion, the largest geographic inflow, followed by world-market products at €1.36 billion. Europe attracted €642.2 million, emerging markets received €294 million and South Korea gathered €247.1 million. China recorded the largest geographic outflow at €318.3 million, followed by the United States at €127.7 million and Asia-Pacific at €70.5 million.

Indonesia led geographic returns with a 7.62% weekly gain, followed by Vietnam at 4.81% and Belgium at 3.49%. Greater China recorded the weakest result, falling 5.37%, followed by Austria at 4.38%. Africa and Turkey each declined 4.02%, while South Africa fell 3.94%.

Digital infrastructure and connectivity products recorded the largest thematic inflow at €39.6 million. Cybersecurity attracted €29.9 million, followed by artificial intelligence and big data at €22.3 million and robotics and automation at €18.7 million. Alternative energy products had the largest thematic outflow at €125.9 million, followed by global defense at €51.2 million.

Cloud computing led thematic performance with a 9.02% weekly gain, followed by cybersecurity at 8.61% and financial technology at 3.32%. Asia defense posted the weakest thematic return, falling 7.12%.

Government investment-grade products led fixed-income inflows at €1.31 billion. Corporate investment-grade products received €552.4 million, corporate high-yield products attracted €400.5 million and aggregate investment-grade products gathered €245.8 million. Government high-yield products recorded €29.1 million in outflows, while supranational investment-grade products lost €15.8 million.

Gold products attracted €471.4 million and silver products gathered €58.6 million. Multi-commodity products recorded €110.5 million in outflows, followed by copper products at €41.6 million. Bitcoin products attracted €11.5 million, while Polygon and Uniswap gathered €2.2 million and €0.6 million, respectively. Ether recorded an €18.2 million outflow, and Solana lost €16.5 million.

iShares ranked first among issuers by net inflows at €2.93 billion, followed by Vanguard at €1.66 billion and Amundi at €843.2 million. State Street Investment Management recorded €511.8 million, while UBS gathered €506 million.

The Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF Accumulating was the most popular product, with €641.8 million in net inflows. It was followed by the Vanguard FTSE Global All-Cap UCITS ETF at €281.8 million and the Franklin FTSE Korea UCITS ETF at €246.1 million. The iShares Physical Gold ETC ranked 10th with €186.6 million.

The Global X Cybersecurity UCITS ETF recorded the strongest equity ETF return at 12.82%, followed by the WisdomTree Cybersecurity UCITS ETF at 12.74% and the WisdomTree Cloud Computing UCITS ETF at 12.19%. The Amundi MSCI Indonesia UCITS ETF gained 7.69%, while the Xtrackers MSCI Indonesia Swap UCITS ETF rose 7.58%.