SPY added $1.55 billion in assets on Thursday, May 24, as net inflows and rising stocks lifted total U.S.-listed ETF assets to $1.135 trillion.
Investors plowed $1.55 billion into the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list. Stocks rose after a volatile session as investors shopped for bargains in equities.
Net flows were $1.88 billion and total assets under management rose to $1.135 trillion from $1.131 trillion on Wednesday, May 23.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 33.6 points, or 0.27 percent, to close at 12,529.75. Despite a volatile session and data showing factory growth slowing in both China and the United States, end-of-the-session bargain hunters pushed the market up. The S&P 500 was up 1.82 points, or 0.14 percent, to close at 1,320.68.
The No. 2 fund on the creations list was the iShares Barclays 20+Year Treasury Bond Fund (NYSEArca: TLT), which had $221.6 million in inflows. The No. 3 fund on the list was the Industrial Select Sector SPDR Sector ETF (NYSEArca: XLI), which had $160 million in inflows.
U.S.-focused equity ETFs had inflows of $1.71 billion. U.S.-focused fixed-income ETFs had inflows of $347.5 million.
Redemptions
Investors pulled $337.1 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 IndexUniverse’s redemptions list was the iShares FTSE China 25 Index Fund (NYSEArca: FXI), which suffered $104.3 million in losses. The No. 3 fund on the list was the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLU), which suffered $103.5 million in losses.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 1,549.78 | 95,812.29 | 1.64% |
| TLT | iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond | 221.63 | 3,620.02 | 6.52% |
| XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | 159.98 | 3,212.92 | 5.24% |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market | 156.15 | 20,455.94 | 0.77% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | 149.52 | 3,302.51 | 4.74% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | 130.56 | 30,304.77 | 0.43% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold | 106.58 | 64,040.56 | 0.17% |
| EFA | iShares MSCI EAFE | 86.92 | 32,856.52 | 0.27% |
| PFF | iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock | 55.56 | 8,558.77 | 0.65% |
| XLB | Materials Select SPDR | 51.21 | 1,967.15 | 2.67% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -337.13 | 13,699.66 | -2.40% |
| FXI | iShares FTSE China 25 | -104.33 | 5,290.92 | -1.93% |
| XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | -103.50 | 6,410.64 | -1.59% |
| AAXJ | iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan | -91.22 | 1,707.92 | -5.07% |
| XLV | Health Care Select SPDR | -67.45 | 4,395.98 | -1.51% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust | -62.53 | 11,066.56 | -0.56% |
| JNK | SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond | -61.41 | 10,482.35 | -0.58% |
| SPXU | ProShares UltraPro Short S&P 500 | -58.73 | 439.40 | -11.79% |
| USO | United States Oil | -51.27 | 1,131.36 | -4.34% |
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select SPDR | -50.85 | 5,660.28 | -0.89% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 1,716.48 | 516,587.74 | 0.33% |
| International Equity | -81.84 | 252,964.56 | -0.03% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 347.52 | 203,797.27 | 0.17% |
| International Fixed Income | 20.08 | 16,232.36 | 0.12% |
| Commodities | -4.70 | 104,187.04 | -0.00% |
| Currency | 43.81 | 3,162.74 | 1.39% |
| Leveraged | -17.19 | 12,388.22 | -0.14% |
| Inverse | -111.50 | 19,615.62 | -0.57% |
| Asset Allocation | -4.04 | 1,862.11 | -0.22% |
| Alternatives | -29.17 | 4,214.80 | -0.69% |
| Total: | 1,879.46 | 1,135,012.46 | 0.17% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1-Day Volume | % of Average |
| JSC | SPDR Russell/Nomura Small Cap Japan | 5,081 | 39,747 | 782.28% |
| UDN | PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish | 54,587 | 420,313 | 769.99% |
| IDU | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities | 47,944 | 347,884 | 725.61% |
| DJCI | ETRACS DJ-Commodity Total Return ETN | 10,881 | 66,310 | 609.39% |
| ECON | EGShares Emerging Markets Consumer | 231,546 | 1,137,779 | 491.38% |
| BWZ | SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term International Treasury Bond | 30,291 | 148,837 | 491.36% |
| CORP | PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond | 12,394 | 59,922 | 483.48% |
| PWC | PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio | 7,417 | 35,148 | 473.85% |
| BIL | SPDR Barclays Capital 1-3 Month T-Bill | 764,230 | 3,557,715 | 465.53% |
| PYZ | PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials Portfolio | 26,989 | 112,819 | 418.02% |
Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| DBEF | db-X MSCI EAFE Currency-Hedged Equity | 6.69% | 3,317 | 31.14 |
| FAA | Guggenheim Airline | 3.53% | 16,501 | 14.91 |
| INDA | iShares MSCI India | 3.18% | 19,965 | 16.74 |
| BAL | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Total Return ETN | 2.73% | 24,011 | 29.71 |
| LATM | Market Vectors Latin America Small-Cap | 2.52% | 6,388 | 11.69 |
| SPGH | ETRACS S&P 500 Gold Hedged ETN | 2.39% | 6,000 | 16.49 |
| SSDD | ETRACS ISE SSD ETN | 2.25% | 2,300 | 10.55 |
| SMIN | iShares MSCI India Small Cap | 2.22% | 4,697 | 4.11 |
| UBG | ETRACS CMCI Gold Total Return ETN | 2.07% | 2,100 | 7.97 |
| PSCF | PowerShares S&P SmallCap Financials | 1.93% | 6,514 | 74.62 |
Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| GREK | Global X FTSE Greece 20 | -5.09% | 33,399 | 2.84 |
| PMNA | PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio | -4.31% | 2,338 | 18.84 |
| EMER | IQ Emerging Markets Mid Cap | -3.44% | 2,000 | 1.51 |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas | -3.09% | 8,106,195 | 994.71 |
| PXQ | PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio | -2.68% | 12,117 | 70.76 |
| KWT | Market Vectors Solar Energy | -2.64% | 60,527 | 9.38 |
| TUR | iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market | -2.58% | 260,386 | 356.77 |
| OGEM | EG Shares Energy GEMS | -2.56% | 13,230 | 9.33 |
| TAN | Guggenheim Solar | -2.53% | 65,772 | 50.60 |
| IGN | iShares S&P North American Technology-Multimedia Networking | -2.51% | 40,999 | 230.31 |
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.
