In this video ETF Securities Kris Walesby examines the key movements over the past week in the Australian ETF market.
This week’s highlights:
- Further volatility in the Turkish lira hit emerging markets last week. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell by 3.7%. China was hit particularly hard, with the Shanghai Composite down 4.5% for the week. European financials were sold on Turkey concerns, dragging the EURO STOXX 50 down 1.6%. The S&P 500 gained 0.6% as defensive sectors outperformed. The ETFS S&P 500 High Yield Low Volatility ETF (ZYUS) was the top performing ETF for the week. Domestically, the S&P/ASX 200 added 1.0% as gains in financials offset losses in the resources sector.
- The Turkish lira regained some ground last week, rising by 6.8% following its 21% decline in the previous week. The U.S. dollar fell against most majors. The Australian dollar gained 0.15% to end the week at US71.13c.
- Commodities declined last week, with the broad Bloomberg Commodities Index down 1.1%. WTI Crude dropped by 2.5%. Precious metals also fell, with gold down 2.2% to US$1,1,84/ounce and silver down 3.3%.
- The Australian ETF market saw inflows of $93m into and outflows of $36m from domestically domiciled funds last week. The largest inflows were into iShares S&P/ASX 200 ETF (IOZ), VanEck Vectors Australian Floating Rate ETF (FLOT) and a range of international equity funds (QUAL, IHVV and IAA). The largest outflows were from BetaShares FTSE RAFI Australia 200 ETF (QOZ) and BetaShares U.S. Dollar ETF (USD).
