U.S. equity funds attracted strong investor demand in the week through April 15, taking in a net $21.25 billion and continuing a streak of weekly inflows for the fourth consecutive week, LSEG Lipper data showed.
Market participants pushed the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq to their second straight record closing highs on Thursday, a move that coincided with Israel agreeing to a temporary ceasefire with Lebanon and comments from U.S. President Donald Trump indicating Washington and Tehran could meet again over the weekend. Those developments, together with resilient corporate results, helped bolster risk appetite among investors.
Flows were concentrated in large-cap U.S. stock funds, which received $7.58 billion in net new money for the week, a sharp increase from about $662 million the previous week. Smaller segments of the equity market saw mixed results: small-cap funds drew $284 million in net inflows, while mid-cap funds recorded net redemptions of $389 million.
Sector-specific funds saw the largest weekly intake in more than four years, collectively pulling in $7.39 billion. Technology sector funds were the primary beneficiaries with net purchases of $5.63 billion, followed by industrial sector funds with $897 million and healthcare sector funds with $694 million in net inflows.
Fixed-income allocations cooled. Bond funds experienced net withdrawals of $833 million for the week, reversing the prior week’s net inflow of $9.59 billion. Short-to-intermediate government and treasury funds were particularly affected, suffering weekly net sales of $5.42 billion and bringing to an end a 14-week run of inflows into that category. By contrast, general domestic taxable fixed-income funds attracted $2.33 billion, the largest weekly amount for that category since February 18.
Investors also moved decisively out of cash-like vehicles. Money market funds saw an unprecedented weekly exodus, with U.S. investors redeeming a net $177.72 billion in the largest weekly selloff on record going back at least to September 2018.
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