ETF Fund Flows: XLE Nets $233.1 Million

Investors poured $233.1 million into the Energy Select sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca:XLE - News), making it the No. 1 fund on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list. Stocks rose on news Greece was closer to a debt accord and also in response to U.S. government data showing a surge in job openings.

While flows were negative to the tune of $179.4 million, the market’s rise helped lift total assets under management to a record of almost $1.177 trillion, a touch above $1.176 trillion, on Monday, Feb. 6.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 33.07 points, or 0.26 percent, and reached 12,878.20, its highest close since 2008, on views a debt deal was near for Greece and because of the U.S. Department of Labor’s JOLTs report on job openings. The S'P 500 was up 2.72 points, or 0.20 percent to close at 1,347.05.

The No. 2 fund on IndexUniverse’s creations list was the iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond Fund (NYSEArca:CSJ - News), which had inflows of $188.3 million. The No. 3 fund on the list was the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NasdaqGM:QQQ - News), which had inflows of $ 146.0 million.

Overall, U.S.-focused fixed-income ETFs had inflows of $101.5 million.

Redemptions

The SPDR S'P 500 ETF (NYSEArca:SPY - News) had outflows of $822.2 million, making it the No. 1 fund on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10” Redemptions list.

The No. 2 fund on the redemptions list was the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca:XLF - News), which had outflows of $218.3 million. The No. 3 fund on the list was the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund (NYSEArca:LQD - News), which had outflows of $173.6 million.

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker

Name

Net Flows ($,mm)

AUM ($, mm)

AUM % Change

XLE

Energy Select SPDR

233.07

8,066.39

3%

CSJ

iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond

188.28

9,288.48

2%

QQQ

PowerShares QQQ

145.96

32,759.92

0%

XOP

SPDR S'P Oil ' Gas Exploration ' Production

126.94

1,067.45

13%

TIP

iShares Barclays TIPS Bond

94.65

23,129.61

0%

XRT

SPDR S'P Retail

74.44

747.24

11%

TLT

iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond

69.87

3,295.54

2%

EWA

iShares MSCI Australia

66.67

2,976.25

2%

IWB

iShares Russell 1000

63.62

6,736.50

1%

VWO

Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets

61.07

52,863.08

0%


Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker

Name

Net Flows ($,mm)

AUM ($, mm)

AUM % Change

SPY

SPDR S'P 500

-822.22

98,710.76

-1%

XLF

Financial Select SPDR

-218.29

7,223.92

-3%

LQD

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond

-173.55

18,731.83

-1%

IEF

iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond

-157.41

4,932.18

-3%

FAZ

Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x

-156.49

923.92

-14%

FXY

CurrencyShares Japanese Yen

-108.83

473.71

-19%

TNA

Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3x

-80.94

852.96

-9%

MINT

PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Strategy

-70.54

1,434.96

-5%

XLY

Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR

-63.53

2,767.57

-2%

SHY

iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

-59.14

10,771.20

-1%


ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class

Net Flows ($, mm)

AUM ($, mm)

% of AUM

U.S. Equity

-270.26

530,050.44

-0.05%

International Equity

306.44

288,935.73

0.11%

U.S. Fixed Income

101.48

186,761.10

0.05%

International Fixed Income

-59.92

13,296.85

-0.45%

Commodities

109.94

115,966.70

0.09%

Currency

-139.38

3,952.08

-3.53%

Leveraged

-136.10

13,644.25

-1.00%

Inverse

-116.74

20,004.77

-0.58%

Asset Allocation

0.38

1,047.15

0.04%

Alternatives

24.79

3,091.53

0.80%

Total:

-179.37

1,176,750.61

-0.02%


Top 10 Volume Surprises, Funds '$50 mm AUM

Ticker

Name

Average Volume
(30 Day)

1-Day Volume

% of Average

IGN

iShares S'P North American Technology-Multimedia Networking

73,215

1,171,558

1600%

EUSA

iShares MSCI USA

42,281

491,868

1163%

RWL

RevenueShares Large Cap

30,911

358,019

1158%

IXN

iShares S'P Global Technology

92,428

1,001,217

1083%

IPE

SPDR Barclays Capital TIPS

107,496

994,879

926%

XLG

Rydex Russell Top 50

46,927

374,821

799%

EBND

SPDR Barclays Capital Emerging Markets Local Bond

130,482

912,946

700%

UCI

ETRACS CMCI Total Return ETN

53,289

363,757

683%

BSJF

Guggenheim BulletShares 2015 High Yield Corporate Bond

60,983

387,794

636%

PWC

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio

10,262

60,487

589%


Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded

Ticker

Name

1-Day Performance

1-Day Volume

AUM ($, mm)

GREK

Global X FTSE Greece 20

5.90%

49,580

0.94

IRY

SPDR S'P International Health Care

4.41%

17,305

17.62

JJT

iPath Dow Jones-UBS Tin Total Return ETN

3.67%

2,930

8.84

PTM

ETRACS CMCI Long Platinum Total Return ETN

2.76%

59,531

44.64

DBEF

db-X MSCI EAFE Currency-Hedged Equity

1.95%

3,772

33.33

XLBT

Russell Developed ex-US Low Beta

1.89%

2,243

5.06

SLV

iShares Silver

1.77%

19,324,704

10,339.10

EMGX

Global X Russell Emerging Markets Growth

1.77%

1,647

2.24

UBG

ETRACS CMCI Gold Total Return ETN

1.74%

1,190

8.89

DBS

PowerShares DB Silver

1.74%

8,380

82.35


Bottom 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and '1,000 Shares Traded

Ticker

Name

1-Day Performance

1-Day Volume

AUM ($, mm)

DBEM

db-X MSCI Emerging Markets Currency-Hedged Equity

-4.62%

1,777

4.63

UNL

United States 12 Month Natural Gas

-3.98%

25,706

18.90

UNG

United States Natural Gas

-3.21%

22,685,082

943.64

USV

ETRACS CMCI Silver Total Return ETN

-3.16%

5,344

7.36

BAL

iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Total Return ETN

-2.35%

18,056

43.88

INXX

EGShares India Infrastructure

-2.34%

41,276

60.33

GAZ

iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Total Return ETN

-2.25%

1,075,305

45.30

COPX

Global X Copper Miners

-1.99%

48,019

42.87

ZROZ

PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury

-1.91%

15,976

68.13

KOL

Market Vectors Coal

-1.80%

170,531

348.46

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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