European ETFs: Flows and Top Movers (Week 34, 2026)

European-listed equity ETFs attracted €7.43 billion in the week of August 17-21, 2026, according to Trackinsight data. Fixed income and commodity ETPs each gathered €1.36 billion, cryptocurrency products added €47.5 million and multi-asset ETFs saw €25.6 million of net inflows.

Information-technology ETFs received the largest sector inflow at €600.1 million. Financials collected €235.8 million, materials €124.8 million and industrials €101.7 million. Consumer discretionary, consumer staples and health care recorded net outflows of €28.1 million, €18.5 million and €17.5 million respectively.

Sector returns varied sharply. Materials led gains with a 10.29% rise for the week. Health care increased 3.63% and energy climbed 1.94%. Information technology fell 4.36%. Industrials declined 4.86%, financials lost 2.33% and utilities dropped 2.43%.

Geographic equity flows were concentrated in broad exposures. World ETFs took in €2.05 billion, developed markets €1.64 billion and US-focused funds €1.35 billion. Europe attracted €558.6 million and emerging markets €370.5 million. Country flows included €261.3 million into South Korea, €204.5 million into Taiwan and €198.2 million into Japan. India experienced an outflow of €82.4 million, Germany €44.3 million and France €37.0 million.

Market performance showed strong gains in several regions. South Africa rose 5.71%, Hong Kong and Turkey were up 3.82% each, and Africa overall advanced 2.94%. Japan fell 4.11%, Taiwan declined 3.35% and the United States dropped 2.39%.

Thematic ETFs saw Net Zero 2050 strategies lead inflows at €92.9 million. Cryptocurrency-themed products gathered €49.2 million, robotics and automation €39.4 million and global defense €38.6 million. Cloud computing registered net outflows of €8.4 million and China disruptive technology fell €3.1 million.

Thematic performance was led by cryptocurrency, which rose 22.87% for the week, and biotech and genomics, up 11.12%. Themes that declined included space (-7.64%), cybersecurity/US defense (-7.30%) and global defense (-6.22%).

In fixed income, government investment grade ETFs attracted €712.5 million. Aggregate investment grade added €187.5 million and government aggregate ETFs drew €107.8 million. Corporate investment grade saw outflows of €131.3 million while corporate high yield recorded inflows of €56.9 million.

Gold dominated commodity flows, with gold ETPs collecting €1.20 billion. Multi-commodity ETPs added €111.2 million and silver €47.5 million. Metal-focused products showed net outflows of €41.2 million. Sugar and crude oil ETPs each declined by about €25 million.

Within cryptocurrency ETPs, Bitcoin products led with €33.0 million of inflows. Solana ETPs added €7.9 million and Hyperliquid products €5.6 million. Ether ETPs recorded a €1.4 million outflow and multi-cryptocurrency products fell €1.8 million.

Fund issuer flows were headed by iShares with €3.33 billion of net inflows for the week, followed by Amundi (€1.53 billion), Vanguard (€1.36 billion) and Xtrackers by DWS (€1.05 billion). The most net-popular ETPs included Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF Acc (VWCE) at €863.3 million, iShares Physical Gold ETC (IGLN) at €519.2 million and Amundi Physical Gold ETC (GOLD) at €382.5 million.

Top weekly equity ETF performers included several gold-mining and crypto-linked funds. L&G Gold Mining UCITS ETF (AUCO) led with a 15.16% gain, followed by WisdomTree Physical Solana (SOLW) at 15.02%. Other top performers included screened and junior gold-miner ETFs and genomics-themed funds.

Figures are based on Trackinsight weekly data covering European-listed ETFs for the period August 17-21, 2026.