Energy sees the largest inflow in an overall positive week, but natural gas funds see price weakness.
It was a positive week for commodity-related ETPs, as investors added $703 million of capital into the space. Energy, broad market (multi-commodity) and precious metals ETPs were the best performers, with $498 million, $188 million and $31 million in inflows, respectively. Industrial metals and agriculture ETPs saw net outflows, but they were relatively minor, at $31 million and $1 million, respectively.
Exchange-traded products (ETPs) include exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded vehicles (ETVs) and exchange-traded notes (ETNs).
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ETP Inflows/Outflows
As for individual ETPs, energy heavyweight Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE Arca: XLE) took the top spot, with a $414 million inflow. Other energy ETPs to make the top five were the Alerian MLP ETF (NYSE Arca: AMLP) and the United States Oil Fund (NYSE Arca: USO) with inflows of $79 million and $74 million, respectively.
SPDR S&P Metals and Mining ETF (NYSE Arca: XME) and iShares Gold Trust (NYSE Arca: IAU) made up the rest of the list, with inflows of $136 million and $115 million.
Like the inflows list, the outflows list consisted of a mix of energy and precious metals names.
Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE Arca: GDX) and PowerShares DB Precious Metals ETF (NYSE Arca: DBP) saw withdrawals of $108 million and $34 million, respectively, while SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (NYSE Arca: XOP) and Market Vectors Oil Services ETF (NYSE Arca: OIH) saw outflows of $72 million and $30 million, respectively.
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