SPY drew in $849.8 million on Monday, Feb. 27, as total U.S.-listed ETF assets held steady at about $1.198 trillion.
SPY drew in $849.8 million on Monday, Feb. 27, as total U.S. listed ETF assets held steady at $1.198 trillion.
Investors plowed $849.8 million into the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list. Stocks closed flat as positive news on home sales from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) helped reverse morning lows.
Net flows were $1.60 billion and total assets under management stayed steady at $1.198 trillion, virtually unchanged the level they reached on Monday, Feb. 27.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.4 points, or 0.01 percent, to close at 12,981.51. New data on home sales from NAR and a slight drop in oil prices helped reverse morning market drops. The S&P 500 rose 1.85 points, or 0.14 percent, to close at 1,367.59.
The iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund (NYSEArca: IYT) had inflows of $231.0 million, making it No. 2 on the creations list. The No. 3 fund was the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLE), which had inflows of $167.0 million.
U.S.-focused fixed-income ETFs had inflows of $142.4 million.
Redemptions
Investors pulled $84.0 million from the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLF), making it the No. 1 fund on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Redemptions” list.
The No. 2 fund on the redemptions list was the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEArca: XRT), which had outflows of $82.2 million. The No. 3 fund was the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NasdaqGM: QQQ), which had outflows of $70.4 million.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 849.83 | 97,755.58 | 1% |
| IYT | iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average | 231.03 | 582.18 | 66% |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | 166.98 | 8,695.86 | 2% |
| KBWB | PowerShares KBW Bank Portfolio | 106.67 | 133.34 | 400% |
| IWF | iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 99.54 | 16,006.84 | 1% |
| CIU | iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bond | 54.37 | 4,458.34 | 1% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | 45.54 | 14,181.16 | 0% |
| RSX | Market Vectors Russia | 39.79 | 2,173.64 | 2% |
| MDY | SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | 39.44 | 10,530.94 | 0% |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | 34.56 | 1,260.08 | 3% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | -83.56 | 6,497.99 | -1% |
| XRT | SPDR S&P Retail | -82.21 | 819.14 | -9% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -70.41 | 33,368.41 | -0% |
| SHY | iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | -59.09 | 10,653.80 | -1% |
| XLV | Health Care Select SPDR | -45.28 | 3,878.08 | -1% |
| EWA | iShares MSCI Australia | -42.77 | 2,903.47 | -1% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -41.29 | 16,914.46 | -0% |
| XHB | SPDR S&P Homebuilders | -40.92 | 1,126.74 | -4% |
| VIG | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation | -34.63 | 10,174.88 | -0% |
| SHV | iShares Barclays Short Treasury Bond | -33.05 | 2,434.98 | -1% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 1,238.72 | 534,627.16 | 0.23% |
| International Equity | 61.94 | 294,498.60 | 0.02% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 142.45 | 191,728.24 | 0.07% |
| International Fixed Income | 20.07 | 13,724.90 | 0.15% |
| Commodities | 57.16 | 120,986.44 | 0.05% |
| Currency | -10.04 | 3,851.10 | -0.26% |
| Leveraged | -22.25 | 13,885.68 | -0.16% |
| Inverse | 87.24 | 20,044.14 | 0.44% |
| Asset Allocation | - | 1,072.68 | 0.00% |
| Alternatives | 25.62 | 3,706.83 | 0.69% |
| Total: | 1,600.92 | 1,198,125.76 | 0.13% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1-Day Volume | % of Average |
| EEMV | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility | 37,996 | 770,837 | 2029% |
| GSP | iPath S&P GSCI Total Return ETN | 81,204 | 1,313,672 | 1618% |
| PHO | PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio | 216,406 | 2,413,726 | 1115% |
| PXJ | PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio | 60,618 | 454,227 | 749% |
| EFZ | ProShares Short MSCI EAFE | 162,419 | 1,149,927 | 708% |
| AGZ | iShares Barclays Agency Bond | 43,747 | 304,263 | 696% |
| RJN | ELEMENTS Rogers International Commodity - Energy Total Return ETN | 109,813 | 743,633 | 677% |
| PAF | PowerShares FTSE RAFI Asia Pacific ex-Japan Portfolio | 6,276 | 41,375 | 659% |
| VNQI | Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate | 42,523 | 279,625 | 658% |
| ICI | iPath Optimized Currency Carry ETN | 117,907 | 757,085 | 642% |
Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| GAZ | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN | 8.56% | 704,072 | 44.52 |
| EWAS | iShares MSCI Australia Small Cap | 3.62% | 44,800 | 2.68 |
| NIB | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Total Return ETN | 2.98% | 11,985 | 20.54 |
| JPP | SPDR Russell/Nomura PRIME Japan | 2.19% | 2,981 | 15.40 |
| JJT | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Tin Total Return ETN | 2.10% | 568,330 | 21.31 |
| EGPT | Market Vectors Egypt | 2.01% | 67,749 | 53.32 |
| UBM | ETRACS CMCI Industrial Metals Total Return ETN | 2.00% | 2,496 | 5.91 |
| EDV | Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury | 1.76% | 16,509 | 175.26 |
| CANE | Teucrium Sugar | 1.65% | 1,650 | 2.47 |
| XHB | SPDR S&P Homebuilders | 1.63% | 13,883,138 | 1,126.74 |
Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| SCIF | Market Vectors India Small-Cap | -4.54% | 110,229 | 49.77 |
| EPI | WisdomTree India Earnings | -3.37% | 5,463,859 | 939.28 |
| SMIN | iShares MSCI India Small Cap | -3.19% | 16,925 | 4.95 |
| INXX | EGShares India Infrastructure | -3.15% | 11,846 | 59.79 |
| INDA | iShares MSCI India | -3.14% | 46,912 | 10.21 |
| INP | iPath MSCI India ETN | -3.02% | 124,978 | 552.41 |
| SCIN | EGShares Indxx India Small Cap | -2.99% | 19,452 | 25.48 |
| PIN | PowerShares India Portfolio | -2.98% | 1,414,473 | 410.33 |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas | -2.95% | 10,886,667 | 886.98 |
| UNL | United States 12 Month Natural Gas | -2.95% | 122,980 | 28.04 |
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.
