ETF Daily Flows Report: Tech & Credit Shine While Precious Metals Retreat

Issuer League Tables

Vanguard captured the highest absolute inflows for the day, gathering $2,882M and driving their year-to-date total to $164.57B. SPDR and iShares followed closely with $2,331M and $1,957M in daily net positive flows, respectively. On a relative basis, ERShares saw an aggressive single-day jump, taking in $53M against a baseline AUM of $841M. Conversely, Tradr experienced the largest absolute and relative outflows, losing $218M representing 5.46% of total assets.

Issuer Flows (Absolute)

Issuer Flows (Relative to AUM)

Daily ETF Flow Analysis

The total ETF market registered $10,481M in net daily inflows, heavily supported by the Equity sector’s $8,478M gain. Fixed Income ETFs also demonstrated steady asset gathering with $2,361M accumulated across the session. U.S. Large Cap Blend led all sub-categories with a robust $5,198M intake, outpacing U.S. Large Cap Growth’s $1,861M haul. Commodity products faced headwinds, surrendering $794M for the day primarily from Precious Metals outflows.

Asset Class Flows

Top & Bottom 10 Category Flows

U.S. Size & Style

Standard capitalization and style benchmarks dictated the majority of daily transaction volumes. SPY captured the largest individual daily inflow, registering $2,957M alongside peer VOO’s $1,634M addition. QQQ continued to compound tech-heavy allocations with a $1,192M net gain. Meanwhile, DIA shed $344M to pace the outflow side of the ledger.

Size & Style ex-U.S.

International funds showed a mixed distribution of asset movement across developed and emerging groupings. URTH captured $155M to lead the international size and style categories for the day. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF registered $149M in fresh capital. Outflows were comparatively subdued, with SEIE experiencing a modest $23M reduction in total assets.

Sector & Industry

Sector allocations shifted toward technology and energy names at the expense of consumer discretionaries and software. XLK secured a $348M daily intake, outperforming VGT’s $129M addition. On the opposite side of the spectrum, IGV shed $325M in a single session. XLY and SMH similarly saw negative flow readings, relinquishing $167M and $139M respectively.

Region & Country

Single-country and regional ETFs observed concentrated activity predominantly within Asian markets. AAXJ attracted $85M in fresh flows, narrowly edging out EWY’s $83M daily net gain. ASHR gathered $59M to rank third among regional inflow leaders. Negative flows remained highly concentrated and minimal, led by ENOR and EWM experiencing contractions of $11M and $7M.

Thematic

Innovation-focused strategies represented the majority of transaction volume across thematic ETF wrappers. ARKK led the group with a $174M net increase in assets. DRAM generated $129M in fresh allocations, closely mirroring broader technological trends. Conversely, FDN posted a steep $198M net outflow, making it the most significant laggard in the thematic space.

Fixed Income

Credit markets exhibited strong demand for high-yield and investment-grade corporate exposures. HYG accumulated $474M in daily net flows to lead the asset class. LQD followed with $285M in capital gathering. At the bottom of the list, JNK lost $116M, diverging sharply from the broader high-yield inflow trend.

Commodity

Natural resource and metals products faced steep aggregate redemptions, particularly in the precious metals sub-category. USO managed to buck the broader negative trend, pulling in $75M for the day. IAU secured $54M to place second in positive flows. GLD recorded an outsized $702M reduction, while SLV shed $197M in concurrent single-day outflows.

Cryptocurrency

Digital asset strategies experienced moderate rotation across leading Bitcoin and Ethereum spot products. IBIT took the top spot with a $39M net inflow. ETHA accumulated $37M, representing the strongest performing ether-linked vehicle. BITO and GBTC recorded minor redemptions of $22M and $18M, pacing the laggard column.

Non-Traditional

Leveraged, inverse, and synthetic income strategies posted outsized single-day volume movements. SQQQ led the category with a $205M net inflow, followed by QQQI’s $129M addition. SNXX represented the largest single outflow across the group, releasing $210M in capital. Broadly tracked leveraged funds TQQQ and SOXL also shed $135M and $123M, respectively.

Recent Launches

Fund issuers continue to introduce specialized products across unclassified, fixed income, and targeted equity strategies. Amplify recently debuted a pair of target income vehicles, adding to a dense launch calendar. Calamos brought significant initial capital to market, with CBOX securing $801.48M in day-one assets. ProShares expanded its alternative lineup with several K-1 free commodities offerings.