Daily ETF Flow Breakdown: Winners & Losers Revealed.

Issuer League Tables

Daily ETF flows revealed substantial variances among issuers, with State Street’s SPDR brand leading absolute inflows at $4,499M, closely followed by iShares at $3,903M. Invesco registered the largest daily absolute outflows, declining by $1,226M, while Fundstrat recorded a relative contraction of 9.68% based on its $3.13B asset base. Relative to starting assets, Avos captured the highest percentage gain with an addition of 17.11% in daily flows. Dimensional retained a steady position with long-term 1-year flows reaching $45.90B, contrasting with short-term daily outflows of $89M.

Issuer Flows (Absolute)

Issuer Flows (Relative)

Daily ETF Flow Analysis

Equity ETFs dominated the 1-day asset class flows, expanding by $5,942M to drive total equity assets to $11,773.2B. Fixed Income ETFs recorded robust daily inflows of $4,784M, bringing their 1-year total additions to $546,635M. The U.S. Large Cap – Blend category paced all individual segments with $4,205M in single-day inflows, while the U.S. Large Cap Growth category witnessed the sharpest daily contraction of $1,670M. Digital Asset products posted significant 1-day outflows totaling $1,420M, bringing year-to-date additions down to $263M.

Asset Class Flows

Top/Bottom 10 Category Flows

U.S. Size & Style

SPY led the U.S. Size & Style category with $2,224M in single-day inflows, accounting for the vast majority of large cap blend additions. IVV followed closely with $1,117M in daily inflows, contributing to its $827.5B in total assets. Conversely, QQQ recorded the steepest daily outflows in the category, contracting by $1,996M. The small cap blend segment also experienced pressure, led by IWM‘s single-day outflow of $868M.

Size & Style ex-U.S.

Vanguard’s VXUS attracted $342M in daily inflows, pacing the Size & Style ex-U.S. group and extending its asset base to $149.1B. IEFA ranked second in the segment with an addition of $290M in daily flows. International small cap value products also saw positive activity, with DISV capturing $98M. Outflows in the category were minimal but concentrated, led by APIE shedding $25M for the day.

Sector & Industry

Sector ETF flows were highly concentrated, with the semiconductor-focused SOXX leading all peers by securing $442M in daily inflows. Financials demonstrated strength as XLF accumulated $367M, followed closely by the biotech sector where XBI gathered $323M. On the downside, broad technology funds faced outflows, as VGT shed $263M and XLK lost $195M. Energy and consumer staples experienced moderate contractions, led by XOP losing $79M and XLP declining by $47M.

Region & Country

Single-country and regional ETFs recorded relatively muted positive flows, with IPAC capturing a segment-leading $65M. BBAX and EIDO followed with modest single-day inflows of $12M and $9M, respectively. Latin American exposures registered the largest daily contractions, as EWZ and ILF shed $151M and $105M. Broad Canadian and Chinese internet allocations also saw outflows, with KWEB and BBCA declining by $103M and $100M.

Thematic

ARKK paced thematic strategies, gathering $428M in single-day inflows on a $6.36B asset base. The U.S. home construction segment showed positive momentum, with ITB and XHB capturing $171M and $69M, respectively. Infrastructure funds also ranked among the leaders, led by GRID adding $122M. Gold miners and metals-focused themes faced the heaviest outflows, with GDXJ and XME each contracting by $68M.

Fixed Income

Investment-grade corporate bonds attracted significant assets, as LQD recorded $993M in daily inflows to lead the fixed income category. Broad market bond funds maintained consistent additions, with BND capturing $481M to push total assets past $155B. Short-duration government securities also gathered assets, led by SCHO adding $324M and SHY accumulating $287M. Conversely, long-duration treasuries experienced the largest daily outflows, with TLT shedding $168M and SCHQ declining by $136M.

Commodity

Physical gold products dominated commodity flows, with GLD leading the segment by capturing $123M in daily additions. Oil exposures also recorded positive single-day flows, as USO accumulated $101M on a $1.96B asset base. Meanwhile, physical silver faced the steepest daily contraction, with SIVR and SLV shedding $86M and $24M, respectively. Broad gold trusts like IAU also experienced outflows, declining by $84M.

Cryptocurrency

Hyperliquid exposures led cryptocurrency flows, with THYP and BHYP recording daily inflows of $17M and $9M, respectively. XRP-focused funds gathered modest assets, as XRPC captured $7M in single-day additions. Broad spot bitcoin and ether products dominated the laggard list, led by IBIT shedding $61M and ETHA losing $31M. Fidelity’s digital asset suites mirrored this trend, as FBTC and FETH recorded daily outflows of $10M and $2M.

Non-Traditional

Managed floor and leveraged single-stock products dominated non-traditional ETF additions, led by SFLR capturing $198M. Leveraged Tesla and Alphabet exposures gathered substantial assets, with TSLL adding $177M and GGLL accumulating $149M. On the opposite end, leveraged semiconductor funds experienced sharp contractions, as SOXL shed $443M in daily outflows. Leveraged Nvidia exposures also recorded large declines, with NVDL losing $276M on its $4.86B asset base.

Recent Launches

The ETF landscape expanded with ten new launches over the trailing week, adding various exposures across asset classes. SEI High Yield Bond & Alternative Credit ETF (LEND) debuted with the largest initial footprint, bringing $1,034.17M in assets to the market. CresAlta introduced two equity strategies, CVGD and CVSM, which gathered $131.60M and $90.22M at inception. Active management and niche non-traditional products rounded out the recent additions, including Tuttle Capital’s HALX and GraniteShares’ AHD.