In this video ETF Securities Kris Walesby examines the key movements over the past week in the Australian ETF market.
This week’s highlights:
- The S&P/ASX 200 fell 2.8% last week, the RBA kept rates on hold and market futures are pointing towards a flat period ahead. Offshore the sea of red continued, the S&P 500 fell by 1.0% led by technology stocks, while the EURO STOXX 50 dropped 2.9%. Asian stocks, also fell by 2.4%. ETFS Physical Palladium (ETPMPD) and BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear (BBOZ) both had a strong week, returning 5.5% and 7.0% respectively.
- The U.S. dollar strengthened last week on rising global uncertainty in emerging markets. Currency pressure continuing to grow in emerging markets. Argentina, Turkey, Brazil, Russia and South Africa all continuing to drop. The Australian dollar fell 1.1% to US71.07c, its new lowest level since late-2016. U.S. 10-year Treasury yields increased by 8 basis points.
- Commodities were mixed. Gold ended the week marginally lower at US$1,197/ounce, while Silver slumped 2.5%. WTI crude fell 2.9% to US$67.75/bbl. The Bloomberg Commodities Industrial Metals subindex fell 1.4%.
- The Australian ETF market saw inflows of $116m into and outflows of $18m from domestically domiciled funds last week. The largest inflows were into equity ETFs (STW and NDQ) and domestic funds (MVW, QPO and HBRD). Outflows were spread across a range of different exposures.
