Investors plowed $3.36 billion into the SPDR S'P 500 ETF (NYSEArca:SPY - News), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list. Stocks rose to new highs, and the S'P broke 500 for the first time since June 2008, on encouraging data about the U.S. labor market and manufacturing sector.
Net flows were $2.76 billion, and total assets under management rose to a record of more than $1.215 trillion, up from about $1.209 trillion on Wednesday, March 13, according to data compiled by IndexUniverse.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose by 58.66 points, or 0.44 percent, to close at 13,252.76. Federal Reserve surveys show continued growth in manufacturing this month, and jobless claims fell again last week. The S'P 500 rose by 8.32 points, or 0.60 percent, to close at 1,402.60.
The No. 2 fund on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list was the iShares Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Fund (NYSEArca:GOVT - News), which had inflows of $284.4 million. The No. 3 fund on the list was the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEArca:GDX - News), which had inflows of $166.0 million.
U.S. equity ETFs had inflows of $2.68 billion.
Redemptions
Investors pulled $548.7 million from the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSEArca:IWM - News), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Redemptions” list.
The No. 2 fund on the redemptions list was the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (NYSEArca:TLT - News), which had outflows of $411.6 million. The No. 3 fund on the list was the Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca:XLI - News), which had outflows of $278.6 million.
U.S.-focused fixed-income ETFs had outflows of $91.4 million.
Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| SPY | SPDR S'P 500 | 3,363.93 | 107,417.59 | 3% |
| GOVT | iShares Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Fund | 284.43 | 298.34 | 5800% |
| GDX | Market Vectors Gold Miners | 165.50 | 8,008.96 | 2% |
| AGG | iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond | 109.28 | 14,840.22 | 1% |
| IYT | iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average | 105.08 | 558.85 | 23% |
| XLK | Technology Select SPDR | 102.00 | 9,562.80 | 1% |
| VIG | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation | 64.69 | 10,696.36 | 1% |
| VXX | iPath S'P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | 64.28 | 1,841.26 | 4% |
| DEM | WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income | 63.92 | 3,527.28 | 2% |
| JNK | SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond | 63.18 | 11,863.59 | 1% |
Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)
| Ticker | Name | Net Flows ($,mm) | AUM ($, mm) | AUM % Change |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | -548.66 | 15,890.30 | -3% |
| TLT | iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond | -411.55 | 2,969.84 | -12% |
| XLI | Industrial Select SPDR | -278.57 | 3,580.55 | -7% |
| QQQ | PowerShares QQQ | -183.34 | 34,541.73 | -1% |
| SHY | iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | -134.78 | 10,285.70 | -1% |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR | -122.79 | 3,281.78 | -4% |
| IYR | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate | -117.63 | 3,813.66 | -3% |
| IEF | iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond | -112.98 | 4,488.43 | -2% |
| EFA | iShares MSCI EAFE | -99.05 | 39,027.28 | -0% |
| XME | SPDR S'P Metals and Mining | -73.14 | 658.24 | -10% |
ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class
| Net Flows ($, mm) | AUM ($, mm) | % of AUM | |
| U.S. Equity | 2,681.39 | 554,706.53 | 0.48% |
| International Equity | 119.20 | 296,303.18 | 0.04% |
| U.S. Fixed Income | -91.41 | 191,464.08 | -0.05% |
| International Fixed Income | 47.01 | 14,414.48 | 0.33% |
| Commodities | -33.36 | 114,977.31 | -0.03% |
| Currency | -37.59 | 3,685.28 | -1.02% |
| Leveraged | 39.77 | 14,078.18 | 0.28% |
| Inverse | -27.25 | 20,583.35 | -0.13% |
| Asset Allocation | -0.63 | 1,088.50 | -0.06% |
| Alternatives | 65.03 | 4,285.42 | 1.52% |
| Total: | 2,762.16 | 1,215,586.31 | 0.23% |
Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds '$50 mm AUM
| Ticker | Name | Average Volume (30 Day) | 1-Day Volume | % of Average |
| FLAT | iPath U.S. Treasury Flattener ETN | 70,287 | 1,603,111 | 2281% |
| DEW | WisdomTree Global Equity Income | 11,350 | 73,615 | 649% |
| DNL | WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Growth | 6,222 | 37,162 | 597% |
| VQT | Barclays ETN+ S'P Veqtor ETN | 44,075 | 248,366 | 564% |
| IYG | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services | 57,691 | 294,385 | 510% |
| AUSE | WisdomTree Australia Dividend Fund | 7,405 | 35,174 | 475% |
| IYT | iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average | 895,543 | 4,217,800 | 471% |
| IGM | iShares S'P North American Technology | 21,363 | 92,114 | 431% |
| BNO | United States Brent Oil | 73,558 | 317,100 | 431% |
| GRI | Cohen ' Steers Global Realty Majors | 13,707 | 56,736 | 414% |
Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| GAZ | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN | 6.67% | 697,710 | 38.50 |
| VNM | Market Vectors Vietnam | 6.43% | 431,534 | 295.37 |
| SGG | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Total Return ETN | 5.00% | 21,219 | 39.84 |
| EWMD | Guggenheim S'P MidCap 400 Equal Weight | 4.68% | 1,110 | 3.22 |
| LBTA | Russell 1000 Low Beta | 3.58% | 120,973 | 20.72 |
| IYT | iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average | 3.33% | 4,217,800 | 558.85 |
| FAA | Guggenheim Airline | 2.80% | 8,583 | 14.56 |
| KBWB | PowerShares KBW Bank Portfolio | 2.76% | 349,175 | 32.93 |
| KBE | SPDR S'P Bank | 2.54% | 4,839,645 | 1,600.83 |
| XHB | SPDR S'P Homebuilders | 2.54% | 7,731,974 | 1,419.18 |
Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded
| Ticker | Name | 1-Day Performance | 1-Day Volume | AUM ($, mm) |
| CHOC | iPath Pure Beta Cocoa ETN | -5.15% | 1,400 | 2.41 |
| NIB | iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Total Return ETN | -3.69% | 52,558 | 19.24 |
| SCIN | EGShares Indxx India Small Cap | -1.97% | 28,088 | 28.05 |
| WCAT | Jefferies TR/J CRB Wildcatters Exploration ' Production Equity | -1.91% | 1,448 | 10.74 |
| INXX | EGShares India Infrastructure | -1.80% | 20,587 | 60.92 |
| UGA | United States Gasoline | -1.77% | 151,458 | 166.73 |
| CVOL | C-Tracks Exchange-Traded Notes on the Citi Volatility | -1.70% | 14,706 | 7.52 |
| BNO | United States Brent Oil | -1.61% | 317,100 | 73.22 |
| VIXY | ProShares VIX Short-Term | -1.59% | 390,584 | 125.23 |
| AGOL | ETFS Physical Asian Gold | -1.59% | 1,350 | 73.82 |
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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