European ETFs drew €8.02 billion in weekly inflows

European equity ETFs attracted €5.23 billion in net inflows during the week of Oct. 12-16, while fixed-income ETFs gathered €2.63 billion. Commodity products received €160.3 million and cryptocurrency exchange-traded products attracted €24.2 million.

Health Care recorded the largest sector inflow at €189 million, followed by Utilities at €99.3 million, Information Technology at €96.5 million and Energy at €91.1 million. Financials had the largest outflow at €628.5 million. Industrials lost €86.1 million and Real Estate lost €79.3 million.

Consumer Staples posted the strongest sector return, gaining 5.77%. Energy rose 3.91%. Information Technology fell 8.08%, the weakest sector result, while Materials declined 2.34%.

World-focused equity ETFs attracted €1.75 billion, followed by US products at €1.49 billion. Developed Markets received €884.9 million, Emerging Markets gathered €562.9 million and Switzerland attracted €216.2 million. China-focused ETFs had the largest geographic outflow at €321.4 million, followed by Europe at €81.9 million and Singapore at €42.5 million.

Switzerland recorded the strongest geographic return at 4.24%, ahead of Mexico at 4.18%. South Korea fell 14.01%, the weakest result, while Indonesia declined 8.59%. East Asia, Taiwan and Developed Asia Pacific fell 7.46%, 6.80% and 6.62%, respectively.

Cybersecurity products attracted €101.3 million, the largest thematic inflow. Climate Action gathered €59.1 million, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data received €39.3 million, and Robotics and Automation attracted €33.4 million. Net Zero 2050 recorded the largest thematic outflow at €718.9 million. Emerging Markets Disruptive Technology gained 6.30%, Europe Defense rose 4.40% and Healthcare Technology and Innovation advanced 3.51%. Cybersecurity fell 10.06%, the weakest thematic return.

Government Investment Grade products led fixed-income inflows at €912.3 million. Corporate Investment Grade attracted €742.5 million and Aggregate Investment Grade received €355.6 million. Government Aggregate products had an €84 million outflow, while Corporate Aggregate products lost €4 million.

Gold products gathered €117.4 million and multi-commodity products attracted €83.3 million. Silver and Sugar recorded outflows of €37 million and €36.2 million, respectively. Bitcoin products received €43.9 million, followed by Polygon at €4.4 million and AAVE at €3.2 million. Ether had an €8 million outflow and Solana lost €6.8 million.

Vanguard recorded the largest issuer inflow at €2.20 billion, followed by iShares at €1.57 billion and Xtrackers by DWS at €1.06 billion. Amundi gathered €897.1 million, UBS received €638.8 million and Invesco attracted €490 million.

The Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF Accumulating received the largest product inflow at €535.2 million. The Vanguard FTSE Global All-Cap UCITS ETF attracted €411.7 million, while the Amundi MSCI USA Screened UCITS ETF received €408.3 million.

The iShares STOXX Europe 600 Food & Beverage UCITS ETF posted the strongest equity ETF return at 7.76%. Four other Consumer Staples funds gained between 7.23% and 7.28%. The State Street SPDR S&P Europe Defense Vision UCITS ETF rose 6.83%.