The Weekly ETF Market Monitor (Mar 9-13, 2026)

Sector Flows: Technology Leads While Financials Decline

Information Technology ETFs gathered $980.02 million, representing the largest sector inflow. Energy ETFs followed with $658.95 million, and Utilities ETFs recorded $381.94 million in inflows.

On the negative side, Financials ETFs recorded the largest sector outflow at $2.02 billion. Health Care ETFs declined by $1.14 billion, while Communication Services ETFs saw $705.38 million in withdrawals.

Additional outflows were observed in Industrials ($330.98 million), Consumer Discretionary ($323.74 million), Materials ($233.31 million), Real Estate ($225.11 million), and Consumer Staples ($132.26 million).

Sector Performance: Energy Advances, Industrials Fall

Sector performance among the exposures listed showed modest gains in energy while several sectors recorded declines.

Energy posted a gain of 1.56%, representing the strongest return among the sectors listed. Financials declined 3.31%, Consumer Discretionary fell 3.31%, and Industrials recorded the largest decrease at 3.60%.

Countries & Regions Flows: Developed Markets and U.S. Dominate

Developed Markets ETFs recorded the largest inflow at $6.34 billion, followed by U.S. exposures with $4.40 billion. Europe-focused ETFs gathered $805.54 million, while South Korea ETFs attracted $763.45 million. North America exposures added $633.65 million, World ETFs recorded $595.77 million, and Japan ETFs gathered $382.09 million. Emerging Markets ETFs also recorded inflows totaling $234.62 million.

Several geographic exposures recorded outflows.

India ETFs declined by $679.30 million, Emerging Markets Asia ETFs by $508.88 million, and China ETFs by $505.64 million. Developed Pacific exposures saw $348.08 million in withdrawals, while Taiwan ETFs declined by $319.54 million.

Countries & Regions Performance: Colombia Leads, UAE Declines

Colombia recorded the strongest return at 2.79%, followed by Turkey at 1.96% and Saudi Arabia at 1.69%.

On the downside, UAE recorded the largest decline at 9.49%, while Israel fell 5.87% and Indonesia declined 5.1076%. Additional declines were observed in South Africa (-4.92%), Sweden (-4.76%), India (-4.53%), Philippines (-4.51%), Austria (-4.35%), and New Zealand (-4.17%).

Thematic Flows: Global Defense Leads Allocations

Global Defense ETFs gathered $1.16 billion, representing the largest thematic inflow, followed by Global Infrastructure ETFs with $254.12 million.

Additional inflows were recorded in Multiple Trends ($91.53 million), North America Energy Infrastructure ($74.76 million), Digital Infrastructure & Connectivity ($71.47 million), Travel Technology & Services ($67.35 million), and Smart City ETFs ($67.24 million).

On the negative side, US Defense ETFs recorded the largest thematic outflow at $1.13 billion. Cybersecurity ETFs saw $108.52 million in withdrawals, while Cloud Computing ETFs declined by $89.67 million.

Thematic Performance: Strategic Metals and Clean Energy Gain

Strategic Metals recorded the strongest return at 3.99%, followed by Alternative Energy (3.6%), Solar Energy (3.22%), and the Hydrogen Economy (2.62%).

Several themes recorded declines during the period. Travel Technology & Services fell 5.27%, while BioTech & Genomics declined 5.17% and US Defense decreased 4.84%.

Additional declines were observed in Emerging Markets Consumer Growth (-4.48%), Cannabis & Psychedelics (-4.38%), Asia Defense (-4.35%), FinTech (-4.31%), Timber & Forestry (-4.0%), Millennials (-3.9%), eCommerce (-3.8%), and Robotics & Automation (-3.17%).

Commodities Flows: Oil Gains While Precious Metals Decline

Crude Oil ETFs gathered $765.68 million, representing the largest inflow within the commodity segment.

Multi Commodities ETFs attracted $281.13 million, while Agriculture ETFs recorded $180.09 million and Corn ETFs added $68.18 million.

In contrast, Gold ETFs experienced $1.33 billion in outflows, the largest withdrawal within the commodity segment. Silver ETFs also recorded notable outflows totaling $1.07 billion.

Cryptocurrency Flows: Bitcoin and Ether Record Inflows

Bitcoin ETFs gathered $194.32 million, and Ether ETFs recorded $160.87 million in inflows. In contrast, XRP products experienced $24.52 million in outflows.

Top ETF Issuers by Net Flows

The following ETF issuers recorded the largest net inflows during the period, with flows presented in USD billions when exceeding one billion and USD millions otherwise.

1. Vanguard: $22.07 billion
2. SPDR: $8.01 billion
3. Invesco: $2.96 billion
4. ProShares: $2.28 billion
5. Schwab ETFs: $1.42 billion
6. Capital Group: $1.33 billion
7. Dimensional: $1.32 billion
8. Fidelity: $1.06 billion
9. USCF: $783.42 million
10. John Hancock Investments: $736.40 million

Top Performing ETFs of the Week

The following ETFs recorded the highest performance among the funds listed during the period.

1. USCF Oil Plus Bitcoin Strategy Fund – USD (WTIB): 15.71%
2. Invesco DB Oil Fund ETF (DBO): 12.97%
3. United States Brent Oil ETF (BNO): 11.34%
4. Grayscale Sui Staking ETF (GSUI): 11.13%
5. United States 12 Month Oil Fund (USL): 11.11%
6. Canary Staked SUI ETF (SUIS): 11.02%
7. Invesco DB Energy Fund ETF (DBE): 10.89%
8. United States Gasoline ETF (UGA): 10.79%
9. United States Oil Fund (USO): 10.71%
10. iPath Bloomberg Energy Subindex Total Return ETN (JJETF): 10.71%

Most Popular ETFs by Net Flows

The following ETFs recorded the largest net inflows during the period.

1. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO): $16.30 billion
2. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY): $8.88 billion
3. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT): $3.44 billion
4. iShares Large Cap Core Active ETF (BLCR): $3.24 billion
5. Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ): $3.04 billion
6. ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF (IQMM): $2.43 billion
7. iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD): $1.94 billion
8. iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD): $1.71 billion
9. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (EFG): $1.71 billion
10. iShares 0–3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (SGOV): $1.44 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.