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ETF Fund Flows: XLE Nets $233.1 Million
By Dave Nadig and Olivier Ludwig | February 08, 2012

Related ETFs: XLE / XLF / CSJ / LQD / QQQ / SPY

 

Investors poured $233.1 million into the Energy Select sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLE), 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), which had inflows of $188.3 million. The No. 3 fund on the list was the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NasdaqGM: QQQ), 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) 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), 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), 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.