Investors put $258.3 million into the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSEArca:IWM - News), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list. Stocks rallied on expectations of further stimulus from central banks and signs that the Chinese economy is headed for a soft landing.
Net outflows were $225.7 million but total assets under management rose to almost $1.192 trillion from a little under $1.180 trillion on Wednesday, April 11.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 181.1 points, or 1.4 percent, to close at 12,986.5. Investors were reassured by comments from the Federal Reserve indicating that the bank would be continuing its accommodative monetary policies as well as a new report indicating that loan volume was up in China. The S'P 500 was up 18.86 points, or 1.4 percent, to close at 1,387.57.
The No. 2 fund on the creations list was the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca:XLE - News), which had $174.5 million in inflows. The No. 3 fund on the list was the Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (NYSEArca:VO - News), which had $144.4 million in inflows.
U.S.-focused fixed-income ETFs had inflows of $259.0 million
Redemptions
Investors pulled $514.1 million from the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NasdaqGM:QQQ - News), making it No.1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Redemptions” list.
The No. 2 fund on the list was the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca:XLP - News), which suffered $271.0 million in outflows. The No. 3 fund on the list was the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (NYSEArca:EEM - News), which had $210.0 million in outflows.
U.S.-focused equity ETFs had outflows of $291.7 million.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | 258.27 | 15,355.08 | 2% |
| XLE | Energy Select SPDR | 174.45 | 7,279.45 | 2% |
| VO | Vanguard Mid-Cap | 144.43 | 3,711.10 | 4% |
| IYR | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate | 138.02 | 3,714.14 | 4% |
| XLB | Materials Select SPDR | 84.11 | 1,816.43 | 5% |
| SPY | SPDR S'P 500 | 83.29 | 101,190.06 | 0% |
| TNA | Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3x | 83.19 | 1,009.71 | 9% |
| TIP | iShares Barclays TIPS Bond | 59.22 | 22,314.10 | 0% |
| DVY | iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend | 55.38 | 9,949.02 | 1% |
| IWF | iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 52.43 | 16,240.81 | 0% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -514.08 | 34,930.56 | -1% |
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select SPDR | -270.88 | 5,100.33 | -5% |
| EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets | -209.93 | 38,550.69 | -1% |
| SPLV | PowerShares S'P 500 Low Volatility | -189.19 | 1,455.30 | -12% |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust | -149.16 | 11,081.57 | -1% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | -116.17 | 3,109.73 | -4% |
| VQT | Barclays ETN+ S'P Veqtor ETN | -113.59 | 446.43 | -20% |
| JNK | SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond | -54.49 | 11,435.47 | -0% |
| XHB | SPDR S'P Homebuilders | -50.35 | 1,216.84 | -4% |
| VXX | iPath S'P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -46.74 | 1,565.46 | -3% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | -291.73 | 539,529.13 | -0.05% |
| International Equity | -180.47 | 286,864.04 | -0.06% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | 258.96 | 194,065.04 | 0.13% |
| International Fixed Income | 90.76 | 15,216.33 | 0.60% |
| Commodities | -14.99 | 113,940.08 | -0.01% |
| Currency | - | 3,287.66 | 0.00% |
| Leveraged | 68.46 | 13,866.84 | 0.49% |
| Inverse | -109.70 | 20,057.50 | -0.55% |
| Asset Allocation | -0.61 | 1,086.79 | -0.06% |
| Alternatives | -46.42 | 3,987.97 | -1.16% |
| Total: | -225.75 | 1,191,901.37 | -0.02% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds '$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) |
1-Day Volume | % of Average |
| JJA | iPath Dow Jones UBS Agriculture Total Return ETN | 37,484 | 265,282 | 708% |
| NYC | iShares NYSE Composite | 3,540 | 23,719 | 670% |
| XLG | Guggenheim Russell Top 50 | 58,876 | 307,708 | 523% |
| SIL | Global X Silver Miners | 165,733 | 727,824 | 439% |
| AGOL | ETFS Physical Asian Gold | 338 | 1,281 | 379% |
| BZF | WisdomTree Dreyfus Brazilian Real | 64,364 | 219,980 | 342% |
| SKYY | First Trust ISE Cloud Computing | 69,352 | 224,904 | 324% |
| RWO | SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate | 87,506 | 276,036 | 315% |
| IPFF | iShares S'P International Preferred Stock | 17,306 | 49,063 | 283% |
| GNR | SPDR Global Natural Resources | 57,863 | 160,677 | 278% |
Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| UBM | ETRACS CMCI Industrial Metals Total Return ETN | 7.52% | 1,645 | 5.56 |
| ALUM | Global X Aluminum | 6.26% | 1,958 | 2.57 |
| URA | Global X Uranium | 5.11% | 160,698 | 174.66 |
| USV | ETRACS CMCI Silver Total Return ETN | 5.03% | 6,600 | 7.48 |
| CHII | Global X China Industrials | 4.96% | 2,662 | 4.77 |
| SLX | Market Vectors Steel | 4.84% | 58,547 | 143.42 |
| PEK | Market Vectors China | 4.75% | 1,305 | 16.55 |
| XME | SPDR S'P Metals and Mining | 4.67% | 5,061,418 | 745.73 |
| GDXJ | Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners | 4.63% | 4,550,873 | 2,038.32 |
| SIL | Global X Silver Miners | 4.57% | 727,824 | 306.63 |
Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility | -10.65% | 9,475 | 8.81 |
| VIIX | VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN | -8.68% | 149,800 | 25.07 |
| VXX | iPath S'P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -8.63% | 53,920,397 | 1,565.46 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -8.62% | 455,487 | 132.03 |
| VIXM | ProShares VIX Mid-term | -3.46% | 9,411 | 106.56 |
| VXZ | iPath S'P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN | -3.25% | 572,081 | 268.79 |
| LSC | ELEMENTS S'P Commodity Trends Indicator - Total Return ETN | -1.34% | 27,776 | 32.85 |
| EDV | Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury | -1.12% | 14,916 | 167.19 |
| XVZ | iPath S'P Dynamic VIX ETN | -1.04% | 28,048 | 217.81 |
| FLRN | SPDR Barclays Capital Investment Grade Floating Rate | -1.02% | 4,100 | 9.10 |
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.
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