## [# International Equity ETFs Stay Red Hot, Pulling In $17.6B Last Week](/sections/weekly-etf-flows/international-equity-etfs-stay-red-hot-pulling-176b-last-week)
# International Equity ETFs Stay Red Hot, Pulling In $17.6B Last Week
U.S.-listed ETFs pulled in $23.7 billion during the holiday-shortened week.
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Jan 26, 2026
Edited by: ETF.com Staff
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U.S.-listed ETFs pulled in a solid $23.7 billion during the holiday-shortened week ending Friday, Jan. 23, bringing year-to-date inflows to $121 billion.
Despite the shortened trading week due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, investor appetite, particularly for international equities, remained strong. International stock ETFs continued their hot streak, attracting $17.6 billion, while U.S. equity ETFs saw $2.6 billion of outflows.
U.S. fixed income ETFs gathered $6.1 billion, while international fixed income ETFs added another $3.1 billion. Elsewhere, currency ETFs lost $2.1 billion, while commodity ETFs picked up $1.5 billion.
## IEMG Sizzles
At the individual fund level, the [**Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)**](/voo) led all ETFs with $3 billion of inflows for the week. It was followed by the [**iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG)**](/iemg), which brought in $1.9 billion. Year to date, VOO has accumulated $16.5 billion in new assets, while IEMG has pulled in $7.1 billion.
Another emerging markets fund also cracked the top 10. The [**Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO)**](/vwo) gathered $1.5 billion during the week.
International equity ETFs continue to sizzle not just in flows, but in performance as well. IEMG is up roughly 10% so far this year, compared with a 7.2% gain for VWO and a 2% return for VOO. One factor working in IEMG’s favor is its roughly 15% allocation to South Korea, which VWO excludes due to differences in index classification.
On the outflows side, the [**SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)**](/spy) led the pack with $10.3 billion of redemptions, followed by the [**Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ)**](/qqq), which lost $2.4 billion.
For a full list of the top ETF inflows and outflows for the week, see the tables below.
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## **Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)**
TickerNameNet Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)AUM % Change<[VOO](https://www.etf.com/voo)[Vanguard S&P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/voo)3,014.98861,115.910.35[IEMG](https://www.etf.com/iemg)[iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF](https://www.etf.com/iemg)1,915.19135,211.351.42[XLF](https://www.etf.com/xlf)[Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund](https://www.etf.com/xlf)1,824.0055,631.523.28[VWO](https://www.etf.com/vwo)[Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF](https://www.etf.com/vwo)1,503.97112,617.991.34[SPYM](https://www.etf.com/spym)[Tradr 2X Long SPY Monthly ETF](https://www.etf.com/spym)1,498.99105,233.911.42[DIA](https://www.etf.com/dia)[SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust](https://www.etf.com/dia)1,409.0845,940.943.07[VTI](https://www.etf.com/vti)[Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF](https://www.etf.com/vti)1,391.08584,591.410.24[BND](https://www.etf.com/bnd)[Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF](https://www.etf.com/bnd)1,215.68149,095.110.82[RSP](https://www.etf.com/rsp)[Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF](https://www.etf.com/rsp)1,081.2583,494.541.29[ARKK](https://www.etf.com/arkk)[ARK Innovation ETF](https://www.etf.com/arkk)1,056.748,584.8512.31## **Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)**
TickerNameNet Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)AUM % Change[SPY](https://www.etf.com/spy)[SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust](https://www.etf.com/spy)-10,295.31704,841.86-1.46[QQQ](https://www.etf.com/qqq)[Invesco QQQ Trust Series I](https://www.etf.com/qqq)-2,350.39406,195.61-0.58[IVV](https://www.etf.com/ivv)[iShares Core S&P 500 ETF](https://www.etf.com/ivv)-1,946.00760,892.38-0.26[TLT](https://www.etf.com/tlt)[iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF](https://www.etf.com/tlt)-1,224.5345,274.35-2.70[SOXL](https://www.etf.com/soxl)[Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares](https://www.etf.com/soxl)-893.2013,046.35-6.85[FXU](https://www.etf.com/fxu)[First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund](https://www.etf.com/fxu)-787.711,013.67-77.71[IWD](https://www.etf.com/iwd)[iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF](https://www.etf.com/iwd)-763.0869,089.46-1.10[IWB](https://www.etf.com/iwb)[iShares Russell 1000 ETF](https://www.etf.com/iwb)-759.2346,245.93-1.64[JMST](https://www.etf.com/jmst)[JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETF](https://www.etf.com/jmst)-757.506,045.87-12.53[IWF](https://www.etf.com/iwf)[iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF](https://www.etf.com/iwf)-669.02120,393.06-0.56## **ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class**
Net Flows ($, mm)AUM ($, mm)% of AUMAlternatives452.26114,803.480.39%Asset Allocation230.1034,249.290.67%Commodities E T Fs1,528.59386,687.880.40%Currency-2,125.05144,590.41-1.47%International Equity17,620.052,417,162.120.73%International Fixed Income3,132.92383,985.520.82%Inverse760.2412,589.246.04%Leveraged-1,343.36158,448.57-0.85%Us Equity-2,627.968,369,133.39-0.03%Us Fixed Income6,051.201,932,892.350.31%**Total:****23,678.99****13,954,542.25****0.17%**Disclaimer: All data as of 6 a.m. Eastern time the date the article is published. Data is believed to be accurate; however, transient market data is often subject to subsequent revision and correction by the exchanges.
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