European ETFs: Week 28 Sees €8.88bn Equity Inflows

European ETFs drew €8.88bn into equities in week 28 (July 6–10). iShares led issuers with €3.66bn; US-focused ETFs attracted €2.79bn.

Between July 6 and July 10, European ETFs recorded €8.88bn of net inflows into equity products, according to Trackinsight data. Fixed income ETFs gathered €2.09bn, commodity ETPs added €1.11bn, cryptocurrency ETPs attracted €39.7m, multi-asset ETFs took in €39.4m and currency ETFs saw net outflows of €6.4m. iShares was the largest issuer by inflows at €3.66bn and US-focused equity ETFs received €2.79bn.

By sector, Information Technology funds led inflows with €348.1m, followed by Financials at €336.7m and Health Care at €302.6m. Materials and Utilities added €102.5m and €61.3m respectively. Energy posted the strongest weekly sector performance, rising 3.29%, while Information Technology gained 2.76% and Communication Services rose 1.81%. Materials fell 4.15%, Industrials dropped 3.93% and Health Care declined 2.16%.

Regional equity allocations were led by the US at €2.79bn, World exposures at €1.88bn and Developed Markets at €1.85bn. Japan-focused ETFs recorded €1.30bn of inflows. Eurozone and Europe-focused funds attracted €348.6m and €333.9m respectively, with Switzerland adding €263.8m and Emerging Markets drawing €193.2m. Greater China was the best-performing market among the highlighted regions, up 5.34% for the week. Singapore gained 4.76%, while South Korea and Taiwan fell 5.84% and 4.20%.

Thematic ETFs showed mixed flows. Branding & Luxury led thematic inflows with €67.4m and Silver Economy took in €41.6m. Net Zero 2050 recorded the largest thematic outflow at €563.0m; Digital Infrastructure & Connectivity and Artificial Intelligence & Big Data saw outflows of €95.3m and €54.4m. China Digitalization led thematic performance with a 6.25% gain; Space and Emerging Markets Awakening declined 10.44% and 9.91%.

Within fixed income, Government Investment Grade ETFs attracted €993.5m, Corporate Investment Grade added €648.1m and Government Aggregate took in €158.4m. Aggregate Investment Grade products recorded net outflows of €167.6m. Commodity ETPs were led by gold with €936.4m, crude oil attracted €114.4m and multi-commodity products €112.7m, while wheat ETPs saw outflows of €30.5m.

In cryptocurrency ETPs, Solana-linked products drew €18.1m, Bitcoin products added €17.4m and AAVE attracted €3.1m; Near and Hyperliquid recorded small outflows. Other notable issuer inflows included Xtrackers by DWS (€1.91bn), Vanguard (€1.46bn), Invesco (€1.37bn) and Amundi (€1.36bn).

Top weekly equity ETF performers included KraneShares CSI China Internet UCITS ETF (KWEB) up 6.23%, VanEck Oil Services UCITS ETF (OIGB) up 5.75% and iShares BIC 50 UCITS ETF (DBRC) up 5.41%. The most subscribed ETFs by net inflows were iShares MSCI Japan UCITS ETF (IJPU) at €1.40bn, Euwax Gold (GOLD) at €786.5m and Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (VWCE) at €650.2m.

The figures reflect investor allocations and market moves during the week of July 6–10.

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