Here’s a recap of European ETF action between August 31 and September 4, from our data partners, Trackinsight, highlighting how capital moved and performance varied across asset classes, regions, and themes.
According to data by Trackinsight, European-listed equity ETFs led weekly flows with €8.51 billion of net inflows, followed by fixed income at €1.23 billion and commodities at €952.5 million. Volatility products added €43.4 million and currencies €5.0 million, while multi-asset products recorded €30.1 million of outflows and cryptocurrency products lost €6.7 million.
Health Care and Financials Lead Sector Inflows
Health Care led sector inflows with €202.9 million, followed by Financials at €187.4 million and Energy at €144.7 million. Information Technology attracted €69.2 million and Industrials €43.1 million. Utilities recorded the largest sector outflow at €117.2 million, followed by Communication Services at €22.3 million and Consumer Discretionary at €18.3 million.
Energy Leads Sector Performance
Energy was the strongest-performing sector, gaining 1.97%, followed by Financials at 1.14% and Information Technology at 0.94%. Industrials recorded the largest decline at 3.79%, while Consumer Discretionary fell 1.96% and Materials declined 1.71%.
World, Developed Markets and U.S. ETFs Lead Geographic Flows
World equity ETFs led geographic flows with €2.43 billion, followed by Developed Markets at €2.22 billion and U.S.-focused ETFs at €2.13 billion. Europe attracted €505.1 million and Emerging Markets €444.3 million. Eurozone products added €181.3 million, while Spain and Taiwan gathered €171.9 million and €109.5 million, respectively.
Canada recorded the largest geographic outflow at €147.0 million, followed by Greater China at €52.7 million, the UK at €34.6 million and France at €22.3 million.
Brazil Leads Geographic Performance
Brazil led geographic performance with a 6.73% gain, followed by Latin America at 4.11% and Poland at 2.99%. Turkey was the weakest market grouping at -3.24%, while Emerging Middle East, Germany and Saudi Arabia each declined by around 1.9%.
Agribusiness Leads Thematic Flows as Blockchain Tops Performance
Agribusiness led thematic inflows with €72.5 million, followed by Healthcare Technology & Innovation/Tomorrow’s Treatments at €61.1 million and Cybersecurity at €60.7 million. Blockchain attracted €29.3 million.
China Disruptive Technology recorded the largest thematic outflow at €65.3 million, followed by Alternative Energy at €59.4 million, Net Zero 2050 at €37.7 million and Global Infrastructure at €37.1 million.
Blockchain was the strongest-performing theme with a 5.69% return, followed by Digital Infrastructure & Connectivity/Electrification at 3.44% and Agribusiness at 3.15%.
Emerging Markets Awakening fell 5.09%, Global Defense declined 4.91% and Europe Defense lost 4.86%.
Government Bonds Lead Fixed Income Flows
Government Investment Grade ETFs led fixed income with €793.2 million of inflows, followed by Corporate Investment Grade at €312.1 million and Aggregate Investment Grade at €93.2 million. Government Aggregate products added €60.0 million. Corporate High Yield recorded the largest fixed income outflow at €158.7 million.
Gold Dominates Commodity ETP Flows
Gold dominated commodity flows with €620.9 million of inflows, followed by Multi Commodities at €335.1 million and Silver at €95.5 million. Copper attracted €14.7 million and Natural Gas €8.8 million.
Agriculture recorded €46.3 million of outflows, while Crude Oil lost €43.2 million and Metal products recorded €36.8 million of outflows.
Bitcoin Leads Cryptocurrency ETP Inflows
Bitcoin led cryptocurrency inflows with €13.1 million, followed by Uniswap at €3.7 million, Ether at €3.6 million and Solana at €2.9 million. Multi-Cryptocurrency products recorded €31.5 million of outflows, while Morpho lost €1.3 million.
Top 10 ETF Issuers of the Week by Net Inflows
1. iShares: €3.45 billion
2. Vanguard: €2.05 billion
3. Invesco: €1.14 billion
4. Amundi: €1.12 billion
5. State Street Investment Management: €766.8 million
6. Xtrackers by DWS: €634.1 million
7. UBS: €378.1 million
8. WisdomTree: €293.5 million
9. L&G: €204.6 million
10. VanEck: €129.5 million
Top 10 Most Popular ETFs / ETPs of the Week by Net Inflows
1. Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF Accumulating (VWCE): €688.3 million
2. Vanguard FTSE Global All-Cap UCITS ETF (VALL): €521.8 million
3. State Street SPDR MSCI All Country World UCITS ETF (SPYY): €462.0 million
4. iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF (IWDA): €430.6 million
5. iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF (CSSPX): €308.0 million
6. Invesco S&P 500 UCITS ETF Acc (SPXS): €297.5 million
7. Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF Distributing (VUSA): €289.2 million
8. iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF (EMIM): €263.2 million
9. Xtrackers MSCI World UCITS ETF 1C (XDWD): €216.2 million
10. Invesco Physical Gold ETC (SGLD): €203.0 million
Top 10 Performing Equity ETFs of the Week
1. CoinShares Bitcoin Mining UCITS ETF (MINE): +11.43%
2. Global X Blockchain UCITS ETF (BKCG): +10.90%
3. Melanion Bitcoin Equities UCITS ETF (BTC): +8.35%
4. iShares Blockchain Technology UCITS ETF (BLKC): +7.82%
5. VanEck Crypto and Blockchain Innovators UCITS ETF (DAGB): +7.29%
6. Amundi MSCI Brazil UCITS ETF Acc (RIO): +7.05%
7. Xtrackers MSCI Brazil UCITS ETF 1C (XMBR): +6.75%
8. iShares MSCI Brazil UCITS ETF USD (Dist) (IDBZ): +6.74%
9. iShares MSCI Brazil UCITS ETF (DE) (4BRZ): +6.73%
10. Global X AgTech & Food Innovation UCITS ETF (CROP): +6.67%
