The Weekly ETF Market Monitor (September 7-11, 2026)

According to data by Trackinsight, U.S.-listed ETFs recorded broad inflows during the week ending September 11, with equity ETFs attracting $35.89 billion and fixed income ETFs gathering $25.16 billion. Multi-asset ETFs added $744.7 million and commodities attracted $701.4 million, while cryptocurrency ETFs recorded $632.3 million in net outflows and volatility products lost $332.2 million.

Information Technology led sector ETF inflows with $3.42 billion, followed by Financials ($1.43B) and Energy ($786.7M). Consumer Discretionary recorded the largest sector outflow at $3.41 billion, followed by Materials ($2.33B) and Industrials ($1.21B).

U.S.-focused equity ETFs dominated geographic flows with $14.33 billion, followed by Developed Markets ($9.67B), World exposures ($6.41B) and Emerging Markets ($5.41B).

South Korea recorded $1.36 billion in outflows, while China-focused ETFs lost $296.7 million.

Robotics & Automation topped thematic inflows with $724.8 million, followed by Natural Resources ($479.7M), North America Energy Infrastructure ($281.3M) and Alternative Energy ($255.5M).

U.S. Defense recorded the largest highlighted thematic outflow at $550.5 million.

Government Investment Grade ETFs led fixed income flows with $24.38 billion, while Aggregate Investment Grade products attracted $8.81 billion.

Corporate High Yield and Corporate Investment Grade ETFs recorded outflows of $5.42 billion and $5.29 billion, respectively.

Crude Oil led commodity inflows with $536.8 million, followed by Multi Commodities ($394.3M) and Wet Freight ($326.5M). Gold recorded the largest highlighted commodity outflow at $765.6 million. In cryptocurrencies, Zcash attracted $407.6 million, while Bitcoin recorded $1.17 billion in net outflows.

Vanguard led all issuers with $114.18 billion in net inflows, followed by Invesco ($15.44B), American Century Investments ($8.91B), Schwab ETFs ($5.20B) and ProShares ($4.26B). On the other side, iShares recorded $101.82 billion in net outflows, while State Street Investment Management saw $9.38 billion in outflows.

At the fund level, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) topped the inflow rankings with $23.44 billion, followed by the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) with $4.54 billion, the Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ) with $3.09 billion and the iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (SGOV) with $1.82 billion.

The iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) recorded the week's largest outflow at $31.14 billion, followed by the State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPYM) with $4.92 billion and the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) with $1.40 billion.

The week's strongest ETF performance came from shipping, crypto and energy-related products. The Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (BWET) surged 44.75%, followed by the 21shares Polkadot Staking ETF (TDOT) at 19.92%, The Zcash ETF (ZCSH) at 12.85%, the Simplify Multi-QIS Alternative ETF (QIS) at 10.27% and the United States Brent Oil ETF (BNO) at 8.70%.

At the bottom of the performance rankings, the China AI Tigers LLM ETF (TGRZ) fell 23.60%, followed by the Virtus LifeSci Biotech Clinical Trials ETF (BBC) at -8.06%, the 21shares Canton Network ETF (TCAN) at -7.63%, ADRH Novo Nordisk A/S (B Shares) (NVOH) at -7.33% and the First Trust SkyBridge Crypto Industry and Digital Economy ETF (CRPT) at -7.15%.