SPY gathered $1.53 billion on Friday, Feb. 24, helping lift total U.S.-listed ETF assets to a record $1.198 trillion.
Investors plowed $1.53 billion into the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list. Stocks were up and the S&P was at its highest gains since mid-2008.
Net flows were $2.617 billion and total assets under management rose to a record $1.198 trillion, up from $1.192 trillion on Thursday, Feb. 23.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 1.74 points, or 0.01 percent, to close at 12,982.95. Lower unemployment figures, rising wages and improved consumer confidence all contributed to the market’s rise. The S&P 500 rose 2.28 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 1,365.74.
The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSEArca: DIA) was No. 2 on the creations list, with $460.o in inflows. The No. 3 fund on the list was the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEArca: XRT), which had inflows of $341.3 million.
U.S.-focused fixed-income ETFs had inflows of $216 million.
Redemptions
Investors pulled $418.9 million from the iShares S&P 500 Index ETF (NYSEArca: IVV), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Redemptions” list.
The No. 2 fund on the redemptions list was the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEArca: XLF), which had outflows $114.3 million. The No. 3 fund on the list was the iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSEArca: EWZ), which suffered outflows of $100.0 million.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 | 1,532.94 | 96,764.35 | 2% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust | 460.04 | 11,830.27 | 4% |
| XRT | SPDR S&P Retail | 341.29 | 895.52 | 62% |
| MDY | SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | 188.21 | 10,491.50 | 2% |
| GLD | SPDR Gold | 103.63 | 73,388.73 | 0% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | 89.52 | 33,402.26 | 0% |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | 76.65 | 1,208.16 | 7% |
| TZA | Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3x | 75.52 | 890.79 | 9% |
| IWP | iShares Russell Mid Cap Growth | 71.37 | 3,444.33 | 2% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | 57.89 | 2,877.25 | 2% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| IVV | iShares S&P 500 | -418.92 | 28,520.73 | -1% |
| XLF | Financial Select SPDR | -114.35 | 6,523.70 | -2% |
| EWZ | iShares MSCI Brazil | -100.44 | 10,594.85 | -1% |
| OIH | Market Vectors Oil Services | -93.83 | 1,267.12 | -7% |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 | -87.64 | 2,742.51 | -3% |
| IWO | iShares Russell 2000 Growth | -62.09 | 4,126.90 | -1% |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | -57.17 | 8,564.84 | -1% |
| IYT | iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average | -55.04 | 348.61 | -14% |
| FXI | iShares FTSE China 25 | -54.09 | 6,966.17 | -1% |
| KBE | SPDR S&P Bank | -36.37 | 1,386.32 | -3% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 2,133.00 | 533,018.29 | 0.40% |
| International Equity | -220.66 | 296,455.13 | -0.07% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 216.02 | 191,192.47 | 0.11% |
| International Fixed Income | 26.82 | 13,711.65 | 0.20% |
| Commodities | 263.16 | 121,469.90 | 0.22% |
| Currency | -32.60 | 3,865.10 | -0.84% |
| Leveraged | 34.26 | 13,910.86 | 0.25% |
| Inverse | 79.06 | 20,022.14 | 0.39% |
| Asset Allocation | -1.24 | 1,072.62 | -0.12% |
| Alternatives | 119.19 | 3,656.33 | 3.26% |
| Total: | 2,617.01 | 1,198,374.48 | 0.22% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1-Day Volume | % of Average |
| PSJ | PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio | 20,998 | 297,164 | 1415% |
| ICI | iPath Optimized Currency Carry ETN | 94,330 | 1,012,755 | 1074% |
| DBV | PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest | 161,247 | 1,162,731 | 721% |
| PIZ | PowerShares DWA Developed Markets Technical Leaders Portfolio | 39,774 | 260,554 | 655% |
| PWB | PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio | 54,764 | 355,462 | 649% |
| VONG | Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth | 14,791 | 89,141 | 603% |
| MLPN | Credit Suisse Cushing 30 MLP ETN | 111,664 | 591,334 | 530% |
| BZF | WisdomTree Dreyfus Brazilian Real | 77,514 | 324,137 | 418% |
| UVXY | ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures | 1,355,563 | 5,537,839 | 409% |
| JKE | iShares Morningstar Large Growth | 27,318 | 104,811 | 384% |
Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and <1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| DBJP | db-X MSCI Japan Currency-Hedged Equity | 6.19% | 12,050 | 5.03 |
| ERUS | iShares MSCI Russia Capped | 4.42% | 87,635 | 120.29 |
| RBL | SPDR S&P Russia | 4.23% | 123,872 | 43.96 |
| RSX | Market Vectors Russia | 4.15% | 6,698,950 | 2,120.98 |
| ESR | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Eastern Europe | 3.97% | 11,003 | 30.54 |
| VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | 3.81% | 37,202,526 | 1,208.16 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | 3.78% | 53,219 | 21.67 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | 3.52% | 452,601 | 81.56 |
| RSXJ | Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap | 3.23% | 2,400 | 4.69 |
| VNM | Market Vectors Vietnam | 3.20% | 496,931 | 276.07 |
Bottom 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 | -9.24% | 1,063,877 | 46.42 |
| TSXV | Global X S&P TSX Venture 30 Canada | -7.68% | 1,320 | 3.01 |
| XGC | Guggenheim International Small Cap LDRs | -3.42% | 8,365 | 5.59 |
| KWT | Market Vectors Solar Energy | -3.26% | 146,087 | 15.20 |
| EIDO | iShares MSCI Indonesia Investable Market | -3.00% | 349,214 | 321.16 |
| TAN | Guggenheim Solar | -2.83% | 162,569 | 89.22 |
| IDX | Market Vectors Indonesia | -2.39% | 552,358 | 539.03 |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas | -2.33% | 9,225,440 | 933.27 |
| PBW | PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio | -1.98% | 184,013 | 218.00 |
| NAGS | Teucrium Natural Gas Fund | -1.95% | 2,700 | 1.89 |
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.
