Record Highs & 'SPY' Pace Weekly ETF Inflows Of $6.5B

After pulling money out of the fund for a number of weeks, investors finally put money back into the world's largest ETF. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) had inflows of $5.8 billion during the week ending Thursday, July 27, according to the latest data from FactSet.

SPY's inflows played a large part in fueling the week's total ETF inflows of $6.5 billion and pushing year-to-date inflows to $272.5 billion.

It was also the reason U.S. equity ETFs as a whole managed to see net weekly inflows of almost $4 billion. 

Meanwhile, every other major ETF segment also saw net inflows during the period, with the exception of commodities, which lost $900 million. International equity ETFs pulled in $2 billion; U.S. fixed-income ETFs took in nearly $1 billion; and international fixed-income ETFs garnered about $380 million.

During the week, the S&P 500 hit a fresh record high of 2,484, thanks to strong corporate earnings reports. At the same time, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield climbed from 2.22% to 2.29%, as the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged.

'IVV' Still Outpacing 'SPY' In 2017
Though SPY's weekly inflows were sizable, the ETF still has net outflows in the year-to-date period, to the tune of $6.2 billion. That's in contrast to the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV), which pulled in almost $400 million during the week, and which has year-to-date inflows of $20.6 billion.

Three other noteworthy ETFs on the inflows list include the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP), the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) and the VanEck Vectors J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF (EMLC), each with inflows of just over $200 million.

On the outflows side, noteworthy losers include the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT), with redemptions of $1 billion; the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), with redemptions of $830 million; the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), with redemptions of $530 million; and the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), with redemptions of $340 million.

For a full list of this week's top inflows and outflows, see the tables below:

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

ETF Weekly Flows By Asset Class

Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds >$50 mm AUM

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.