SPY gathered $2.05 billion on Tuesday, March 27, as U.S.-listed ETF assets rose to a record of almost $1.220 trillion.
Investors plowed $2.05 billion into the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list. Despite some positive economic data yesterday, stocks were down, as investors appeared to be retrenching.
Net inflows were $2.57 billion, and total assets under management rose to a record of almost $1.220 trillion, from $1.217 trillion on Monday, March 26.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 43.90 points, or 0.30 percent, to close at 12,197.73. Stocks were down despite data showing home prices in 20 major U.S. metropolitan areas falling at a slower rate in January. The S&P 500 was down 3.99 points, or 0.30 percent, to close at 1,412.52.
The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLF), was No. 2 on IndexUniverse’s creations list, with $272.1 million in inflows. The No. 3 fund on the list was the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: VWO), which had inflows of $245.2 million.
U.S.-focused equity ETFs had inflows of almost $2.0 billion, while U.S.-focused fixed-income ETFs had inflows of $305.4 million.
Redemptions
Investors meanwhile pulled $540.3 million from the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSEArca: IWM), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Redemptions” list.
The No. 2 fund on the redemptions list was the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust (NYSEArca: DIA), which had outflows of $151.4 million. The No. 3 fund on the list was the SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF (NYSEArca: MDY), which suffered $122.0 million in outflows.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 2,046.68 | 107,002.99 | 2% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | 272.10 | 7,806.38 | 4% |
| VWO | Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets | 245.17 | 54,678.16 | 0% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | 136.42 | 35,745.45 | 0% |
| XRT | SPDR S&P Retail | 103.17 | 937.95 | 12% |
| OIH | Market Vectors Oil Services | 91.53 | 976.73 | 10% |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | 86.51 | 7,527.64 | 1% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | 81.50 | 3,396.00 | 2% |
| XLV | Health Care Select SPDR | 76.55 | 4,106.28 | 2% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | 63.25 | 14,356.62 | 0% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -540.25 | 15,725.94 | -3% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust | -151.42 | 12,342.75 | -1% |
| MDY | SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | -121.98 | 10,209.92 | -1% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold | -115.05 | 69,963.80 | -0% |
| AGG | iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond | -109.78 | 14,754.43 | -1% |
| XIV | VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN | -83.30 | 437.68 | -16% |
| XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | -75.25 | 6,405.70 | -1% |
| EFA | iShares MSCI EAFE | -66.41 | 39,047.90 | -0% |
| IWF | iShares Russell 1000 Growth | -59.72 | 16,703.61 | -0% |
| FAS | Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x | -49.53 | 1,679.67 | -3% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 1,996.93 | 556,791.25 | 0.36% |
| International Equity | 553.08 | 295,954.44 | 0.19% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 305.40 | 192,613.03 | 0.16% |
| International Fixed Income | 24.36 | 14,597.99 | 0.17% |
| Commodities | -117.55 | 116,721.60 | -0.10% |
| Currency | -6.42 | 3,336.97 | -0.19% |
| Leveraged | -72.66 | 13,953.49 | -0.52% |
| Inverse | -123.86 | 20,442.15 | -0.61% |
| Asset Allocation | - | 1,087.86 | 0.00% |
| Alternatives | 13.76 | 4,456.79 | 0.31% |
| Total: | 2,573.05 | 1,219,955.57 | 0.21% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1-Day Volume | % of Average |
| INXX | EGShares India Infrastructure | 23,082 | 268,712 | 1164% |
| FVL | First Trust Value Line 100 | 14,175 | 113,318 | 799% |
| CEW | WisdomTree Dreyfus Emerging Currency | 122,345 | 947,281 | 774% |
| EMM | SPDR Dow Jones Mid Cap | 4,179 | 21,347 | 511% |
| EDV | Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury | 36,486 | 185,864 | 509% |
| ACWV | iShares MSCI All Country World Minimum Volatility | 2,724 | 12,920 | 474% |
| PSCD | PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary | 8,171 | 35,685 | 437% |
| EPS | WisdomTree Earnings 500 | 2,875 | 11,887 | 414% |
| IWS | iShares Russell Midcap Value | 522,641 | 1,842,111 | 352% |
| AGZ | iShares Barclays Agency Bond | 31,508 | 110,634 | 351% |
Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | 9.97% | 408,221 | 35.72 |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | 9.77% | 48,046,112 | 1,961.24 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | 9.52% | 355,654 | 126.88 |
| JO | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return ETN | 4.78% | 65,503 | 29.43 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility | 3.04% | 73,338 | 8.26 |
| MOM | QuantShares U.S. Market Neutral Momentum | 2.39% | 25,400 | 4.70 |
| CHXX | EGShares China Infrastructure | 2.30% | 3,209 | 12.53 |
| AXMT | iShares MSCI ACWI ex-US Materials | 2.14% | 1,200 | 2.82 |
| GERJ | Market Vectors Germany Small-Cap | 1.92% | 2,786 | 3.20 |
| ITB | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction | 1.90% | 3,780,038 | 629.09 |
Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| PEK | Market Vectors China | -3.65% | 247,930 | 19.58 |
| GREK | Global X FTSE Greece 20 | -3.51% | 9,275 | 2.44 |
| GDXJ | Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners | -3.19% | 3,440,165 | 2,070.02 |
| XVIX | ETRACS Daily Long-Short VIX ETN | -3.03% | 3,553 | 23.52 |
| VNM | Market Vectors Vietnam | -3.03% | 279,343 | 303.52 |
| GAZ | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN | -2.66% | 853,924 | 35.85 |
| OIH | Market Vectors Oil Services | -2.59% | 4,513,502 | 976.73 |
| KWT | Market Vectors Solar Energy | -2.48% | 12,498 | 13.72 |
| IEZ | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil Equipment & Services | -2.29% | 146,159 | 493.58 |
| TAN | Guggenheim Solar | -2.22% | 85,631 | 77.75 |
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.
