The Weekly ETF Market Monitor (April 13-17, 2026)

Sector ETFs Flows & Performance

Sector flows showed a concentration of inflows in a limited number of segments. Information Technology led with $3.97 billion, followed by Communication Services at $459.38 million.

Energy and Materials recorded inflows of $445.38 million and $400.83 million respectively, while Consumer Staples gathered $193.86 million.

Outflows were observed across several sectors. Financials recorded the largest decline at $694.83 million, followed by Utilities at $487.51 million and Real Estate at $399.17 million.

Consumer Discretionary declined by $128.22 million, Health Care by $103.21 million, and Industrials by $31.09 million.

Performance across sectors was led by Information Technology, which advanced 8.09%.

Consumer Discretionary rose 6.03%, and Communication Services gained 4.79%. Real Estate increased by 3.65%, while Financials and Health Care posted gains of 3.28% and 2.15% respectively.

Materials and Industrials rose 2.05% and 1.57%, while Consumer Staples remained nearly flat at 0.04%.

Utilities declined by 1.50%, and Energy recorded the weakest performance at -3.22%.

Countries & Regions ETFs Flows & Performance

Geographic allocations were led by US-focused ETFs, which gathered $20.33 billion. World exposures followed with $2.64 billion, and Developed Markets recorded $1.65 billion in inflows.

Brazil and Japan attracted $1.09 billion and $1.04 billion respectively, while Emerging Markets gathered $1.01 billion. North America recorded $836.27 million, and Latin America added $331.75 million. South Korea registered $234.98 million in inflows.

Europe-focused ETFs recorded outflows of $217.07 million, while the Eurozone declined by $42.85 million.

Performance across geographic exposures was led by South Korea, which rose 7.39%. Taiwan followed at 7.16%, while Chile gained 5.34%. Greece and Sweden recorded increases of 4.89% and 4.88% respectively.

Asia advanced 4.62%, UAE rose 4.59%, and Emerging Markets Asia gained 4.50%. US exposures increased by 4.33%.

Norway recorded the weakest performance with a decline of 2.29%.

Thematic Flows & Performance

Thematic ETF flows were led by Smart City strategies, which gathered USD 569.50 million. Digital Infrastructure & Connectivity followed with USD 373.93 million, while Space & Deep Sea attracted USD 221.94 million.

Nuclear Energy recorded USD 204.28 million in inflows, while Global Defense and Global Infrastructure added USD 132.97 million and USD 131.65 million respectively. Disruptive Technology gathered USD 111.37 million.

On the negative side, Multiple Trends declined by USD 109.30 million, Travel Technology & Services by USD 55.88 million, and Natural Resources by USD 39.54 million.

Thematic performance was led by Hydrogen Economy, which rose 17.88%. FinTech followed at 13.38%, while BioTech & Genomics and Cloud Computing recorded gains of 12.48% and 12.41% respectively.

Next Generation Internet increased by 12.39%, and Blockchain rose 12.35%. Cybersecurity gained 9.88%, while Life Sciences and eCommerce recorded increases of 9.58% and 9.56%. Artificial Intelligence & Big Data rose 9.53%, and Metaverse advanced 8.49%.

Fixed Income ETF Flows

Within fixed income, Aggregate Investment Grade strategies recorded the largest inflow at $1.88 billion. Corporate Investment Grade followed with $1.47 billion, while Corporate High Yield gathered $1.42 billion.

Corporate Aggregate products added $603.59 million, and Government Aggregate ETFs recorded $285.80 million. Government Agencies Investment Grade strategies gathered $200.13 million, while Municipal segments showed inflows across categories, with Investment Grade at $125.02 million, Aggregate at $113.67 million, and High Yield at $41.64 million.

Government Investment Grade was the only segment to record outflows, declining by $5.75 billion.

Commodity ETF Flows

Commodity ETF allocations were led by Gold, which gathered $2.55 billion. Silver recorded $71.69 million in inflows, followed by Natural Gas at $58.32 million and Agriculture at $20.78 million. Palladium added $10.74 million.

Crude Oil recorded outflows of $408.47 million, while Multi Commodities declined by $225.19 million.

Cryptocurrency ETP Flows

Cryptocurrency flows were concentrated in the largest assets. Bitcoin recorded inflows of $532.68 million, while Ether gathered $207.36 million.

Top ETF Issuers by Net Flows

1. iShares: $8.35 billion
2. Vanguard: $8.33 billion
3. Invesco: $5.82 billion
4. State Street: $3.75 billion
5. Capital Group: $1.07 billion
6. BNY Mellon: $1.02 billion
7. VanEck: $976.44 million
8. American Century Investments: $975.60 million
9. Dimensional: $950.06 million
10. Roundhill Investments: $927.46 million

Top Performing ETFs of the Week

1. Roundhill Meme Stock ETF (MEME): 19.33%
2. First Trust SkyBridge Crypto Industry and Digital Economy ETF (CRPT): 18.53%
3. Grayscale Bitcoin Miners ETF (MNRS): 17.88%
4. Global X Hydrogen ETF (HYDR): 17.88%
5. Global X Blockchain ETF (BKCH): 17.04%
6. Grayscale Bitcoin Adopters ETF (BCOR): 17.03%
7. CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF (WGMI): 16.38%
8. WisdomTree Quantum Computing Fund (WQTM): 16.19%
9. Invesco Alerian Galaxy Crypto Economy ETF (SATO): 16.05%
10. Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF (STCE): 16.04%

Most Popular ETFs by Net Flows

1. Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ): $4.75 billion
2. State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY): $2.90 billion
3. iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV): $2.42 billion
4. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO): $2.34 billion
5. State Street SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD): $2.09 billion
6. iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD): $1.34 billion
7. Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM): $1.13 billion
8. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI): $1.11 billion
9. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ): $1.07 billion
10. Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG): $1.03 billion

Please note this article is for information purposes only and does not in any way constitute investment advice. It is essential that you seek advice from a registered financial professional prior to making any investment decision.