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Daily ETF Flows: SPY Picks Up $897.7 Million
By Dave Nadig and Olivier Ludwig | March 30, 2012

Related ETFs: XLI / TIP / EWZ / EFA / DIA / SPY

Investors plowed $897.7 million into the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Creations” list. Stocks had a mixed performance, with the S&P falling slightly.

Net inflows were $257.1 million, and total assets under management fell to $1.207 trillion from $1.212 trillion on Wednesday, March 28.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 19.61 points, or 0.15 percent, to close at 13,145.82. Stock performance was lackluster in the absence of any news showing significant improvement in the economy. The S&P 500 fell 2.26 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 1,403.28.

The No. 2 fund on the creations list was the iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (NYSEArca: TIP), which had $235.7 million in inflows. The No. 3 fund on the list was the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust (NYSEArca: DIA), which had $65.6 million in inflows.

U.S.-focused equity ETFs had inflows of $638.1 million, while U.S.-focused fixed-income ETFs had inflows of $442.8 million in inflows.

Redemptions

Investors meanwhile pulled $619.8 million from the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (NYSEArca: EFA), making it No. 1 on IndexUniverse’s “Top 10 Redemptions” list.

The No. 2 fund on the outflows list was the Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLI), which had outflows of $400.5 million. The No. 3 fund on the list was the iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSEArca: EWZ), which had outflows of $233.8 million.

 

Top 10 Creations (All ETFs)

Ticker Name Net Flows ($,mm) AUM ($, mm) AUM % Change
SPY SPDR S&P 500 897.73 106,742.66 1%
TIP iShares Barclays TIPS Bond 235.68 22,554.58 1%
DIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust 65.59 12,539.50 1%
JNK SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond 62.99 12,020.45 1%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 53.25 3,088.02 2%
LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond 46.08 19,732.05 0%
HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond 45.09 14,419.78 0%
SPXU ProShares UltraPro Short S&P 500 44.38 600.70 8%
XHB SPDR S&P Homebuilders 44.20 1,406.79 3%
USO United States Oil 39.12 1,420.06 3%


Top 10 Redemptions (All ETFs)

Ticker Name Net Flows ($,mm) AUM ($, mm) AUM % Change
EFA iShares MSCI EAFE -619.82 37,743.65 -2%
XLI Industrial Select SPDR -400.55 2,683.84 -13%
EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil -233.78 9,309.15 -2%
MDY SPDR S&P MidCap 400 -121.20 9,456.93 -1%
XLF Financial Select SPDR -98.97 7,625.63 -1%
EWH iShares MSCI Hong Kong -76.78 1,728.82 -4%
DVY iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend -58.62 10,063.36 -1%
TZA Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3x -56.26 788.64 -7%
XLB Materials Select SPDR -55.26 1,770.90 -3%
IVV iShares S&P 500 -49.27 29,700.36 -0%


ETF Daily Flows By Asset Class

Net Flows ($, mm) AUM ($, mm) % of AUM
U.S. Equity 638.11 552,474.38 0.12%
International Equity -1,026.72 289,880.39 -0.35%
U.S. Fixed Income 442.80 193,574.51 0.23%
International Fixed Income 20.58 14,607.13 0.14%
Commodities 26.03 113,887.45 0.02%
Currency - 3,288.52 0.00%
Leveraged 77.67 13,703.88 0.57%
Inverse 83.05 20,550.71 0.40%
Asset Allocation - 1,087.67 0.00%
Alternatives -4.42 4,362.42 -0.10%
Total: 257.11 1,207,417.05 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 28,291 239,284 846%
SCHZ Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond 62,016 479,335 773%
RYH Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Health Care 90,831 691,669 761%
EWH iShares MSCI Hong Kong 4,911,700 34,147,088 695%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 861,400 5,224,035 606%
VEA Vanguard MSCI EAFE 2,403,481 14,453,662 601%
JKJ iShares Morningstar Small Core 5,468 30,871 565%
DNL WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Growth 8,749 42,091 481%
IFGL iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate ex-US. 35,241 166,269 472%
AIA iShares S&P Asia 50 15,439 65,945 427%


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

Ticker Name 1-Day Performance 1-Day Volume AUM ($, mm)
CHIM Global X China Materials 3.00% 2,062 2.72
VIIZ VelocityShares VIX Mid Term ETN 1.56% 1,600 6.49
SCJ iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap 1.53% 8,036 56.32
JSC SPDR Russell/Nomura Small Cap Japan 1.47% 3,906 95.63
XME SPDR S&P Metals and Mining 1.47% 5,171,897 710.71
IHF iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Providers 1.36% 66,419 238.18
REMX Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals 1.34% 52,199 223.78
UBM ETRACS CMCI Industrial Metals Total Return ETN 1.27% 15,020 5.59
ZROZ PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury 1.18% 12,464 66.46
DFJ WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend 1.17% 65,479 192.99

Bottom 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 -6.40% 1,052,542 32.83
UNG United States Natural Gas -5.26% 18,164,477 796.06
WEAT Teucrium Wheat -4.25% 5,125 5.60
CRUD Teucrium WTI Crude Oil -4.13% 7,276 3.71
UNL United States 12 Month Natural Gas -4.07% 177,237 29.32
TAO Guggenheim China Real Estate -3.47% 65,390 21.81
DPU PowerShares DB Commodity Long ETN -3.45% 1,772 6.09
BRAF Global X Brazil Financials -3.40% 11,780 6.07
NIB iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Total Return ETN -3.23% 13,996 19.26
OLO PowerShares DB Crude Oil Long ETN -3.18% 9,400 16.52

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.