SPY pulled in $2.48 billion on Friday, May 25, as net inflows offset falling stocks and lifted total U.S.-listed ETF assets to more than $1.139 trillion.
Investors plowed $2.48 billion into the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list. Stocks were down Friday, May 25, as investors grew increasingly concerned about the health of the banking industry in the eurozone. Markets were closed on Monday, May 28, in observance of Memorial Day.
Net flows were $5.22 billion and total assets under management rose to $1.139 trillion from $1.135 trillion on Thursday, May 24.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 74.92 points, or 0.6 percent, to close at 12,454.83. Stocks were down on fears about the solvency of Spanish banks and the implications of that country’s growing woes for the eurozone. The S&P 500 dropped 2.86 points, or 0.1 percent, to close at 1,317.92.
The No. 2 fund on the creations list was the Vanguard S&P Small-Cap Index Fund (NYSEArca: VB), which had inflows of $966.5 million. The No. 3 fund on the list was the Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund (NYSEArca: VO), which had $548.2 million in inflows.
U.S.-focused equity ETFs had inflows of $4.98 billion. U.S.-focused fixed-income ETFs has inflows of just under $4.0 million.
Redemptions
Investors pulled $934.0 million from the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NasdaqGM: QQQ), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Redemptions” list.
The No. 2 fund on the redemptions list was the Vanguard Extended Market ETF (NYSEArca: VXF), which suffered $132.4 million in outflows. The No. 3 fund on the list was the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEArca: XLF), which had $111.5 million in outflows.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 2,484.80 | 98,087.32 | 2.60% |
| VB | Vanguard Small-Cap | 966.50 | 5,020.70 | 23.84% |
| VO | Vanguard Mid-Cap | 548.21 | 4,078.06 | 15.53% |
| VTV | Vanguard Value | 475.55 | 6,161.64 | 8.36% |
| VBK | Vanguard Small-Cap Growth | 468.23 | 2,429.97 | 23.87% |
| EFA | iShares MSCI EAFE | 462.34 | 33,230.40 | 1.41% |
| VUG | Vanguard Growth | 440.22 | 7,537.77 | 6.20% |
| VBR | Vanguard Small-Cap Value | 354.13 | 2,281.53 | 18.37% |
| TLT | iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond | 160.10 | 3,780.71 | 4.42% |
| XLB | Materials Select SPDR | 139.36 | 2,097.86 | 7.12% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -934.00 | 29,317.14 | -3.09% |
| VXF | Vanguard Extended Market | -132.38 | 1,333.22 | -9.03% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | -111.54 | 5,550.27 | -1.97% |
| EWJ | iShares MSCI Japan | -90.37 | 4,832.24 | -1.84% |
| XLU | Utilities Select SPDR | -78.67 | 6,344.54 | -1.22% |
| EPP | iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan | -58.29 | 2,914.50 | -1.96% |
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select SPDR | -52.53 | 5,606.08 | -0.93% |
| XOP | SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | -51.23 | 785.52 | -6.12% |
| OIH | Market Vectors Oil Services | -47.67 | 1,177.47 | -3.89% |
| FXI | iShares FTSE China 25 | -44.54 | 5,225.62 | -0.85% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 4,976.51 | 520,762.91 | 0.96% |
| International Equity | 131.73 | 252,855.61 | 0.05% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 307.97 | 204,181.75 | 0.15% |
| International Fixed Income | 0.17 | 16,210.37 | 0.00% |
| Commodities | -112.41 | 104,197.10 | -0.11% |
| Currency | -39.30 | 3,117.19 | -1.26% |
| Leveraged | -9.21 | 12,362.53 | -0.07% |
| Inverse | 0.12 | 19,651.04 | 0.00% |
| Asset Allocation | -3.00 | 1,858.32 | -0.16% |
| Alternatives | -30.24 | 4,196.83 | -0.72% |
| Total: | 5,222.36 | 1,139,393.65 | 0.46% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1-Day Volume | % of Average |
| RXI | iShares S&P Global Consumer Discretionary | 13,510 | 160,396 | 1,187.28% |
| EXI | iShares S&P Global Industrials | 33,935 | 374,005 | 1,102.13% |
| IXN | iShares S&P Global Technology | 85,421 | 393,396 | 460.54% |
| XPH | SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals | 81,892 | 369,891 | 451.68% |
| IDX | Market Vectors Indonesia | 483,890 | 2,137,829 | 441.80% |
| IXJ | iShares S&P Global Healthcare | 65,764 | 288,175 | 438.19% |
| UDN | PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish | 62,516 | 273,828 | 438.01% |
| PPH | Market Vectors Pharmaceutical | 124,857 | 543,832 | 435.56% |
| KXI | iShares S&P Global Consumer Staples | 68,958 | 294,857 | 427.59% |
| JXI | iShares S&P Global Utilities | 26,544 | 106,836 | 402.49% |
Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| EWZS | iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap | 4.04% | 12,494 | 46.36 |
| BRAZ | Global X Brazil Mid Cap | 3.92% | 6,730 | 19.67 |
| BRAQ | Global X Brazil Consumer | 3.23% | 1,197 | 22.98 |
| BRF | Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap | 2.79% | 264,077 | 481.29 |
| GDXJ | Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners | 2.72% | 4,631,295 | 2,025.77 |
| VNM | Market Vectors Vietnam | 2.60% | 190,198 | 313.49 |
| FBZ | First Trust Brazil AlphaDex | 2.58% | 98,106 | 6.70 |
| BRXX | EGShares Brazil Infrastructure | 2.05% | 38,262 | 74.66 |
| EWZ | iShares MSCI Brazil | 1.99% | 23,910,445 | 7,153.82 |
| PSAU | PowerShares Global Gold and Precious Metals Portfolio | 1.95% | 3,719 | 34.02 |
Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| EIDO | iShares MSCI Indonesia Investable Market | -5.90% | 356,259 | 269.71 |
| IDX | Market Vectors Indonesia | -5.82% | 2,137,829 | 463.65 |
| CHIM | Global X China Materials | -5.74% | 1,682 | 2.21 |
| EU | WisdomTree Euro Debt | -5.00% | 2,786 | 4.84 |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas | -3.35% | 11,131,844 | 964.64 |
| GREK | Global X FTSE Greece 20 | -2.89% | 45,231 | 2.75 |
| PEK | Market Vectors China | -2.87% | 7,800 | 16.37 |
| IOIL | IQ Global Oil Small Cap | -2.45% | 7,240 | 2.33 |
| NAGS | Teucrium Natural Gas Fund | -1.69% | 3,315 | 3.47 |
| UNL | United States 12 Month Natural Gas | -1.64% | 56,654 | 37.69 |
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.
