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Disruptive Technology ETFs

1D perf
0.55%
1D flows
-$8M
Total AuM
$20.18B
Total ETFs
421 new

Aggregate data of 42 funds

Performance

-4.0-2.00.02.04.0%Aug 10Aug 17Aug 24Aug 31Sep 7

Flows

0 M100 M200 M300 M400 M500 M600 M
1M3MYTD1Y3Y5Y
Perf.-2.13%-1.28%+24.91%+35.39%+95.41%
Flows+$362M+$964M+$3.31B+$4.76B+$6.30B-

Top ETFs in this segment

1D+1.68%1W flows+$5MView
1D-0.79%1W flows+$4MView
1D-1.07%1W flows+$4MView

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Movers in Disruptive Technology

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Bottom
Top performers, 1 week1W perf.YTD perf.
TEKX
State Street SPDR Galaxy Transformative Tech Accelerators ETF+12.91%+69.16%
EUV
Corgi Lithography & Semiconductor Photonics ETF+7.59% 
LAZR
Tema Photonics & Optical ETF+6.92% 
LUMA
KraneShares Photonic and Optical ETF+6.58% 
QTUP
Defiance Pure Quantum ETF+6.12% 
Top inflows, 1 week1W flowYTD flows
WQTM
WisdomTree Quantum Computing Fund+$5M+$360M
LOUP
Innovator Deepwater Frontier Tech ETF+$4M+$36M
XT
iShares Exponential Technologies ETF+$4M-$253M
KOMP
State Street SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF+$3M-$53M
YNOT
Horizon Digital Frontier ETF+$3M+$125M

Data period: September 1 - 8, 2026

Performance lists exclude leveraged and inverse ETFs

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