Global equity fund inflows rose to their highest in three weeks during the week to July 29, as investors snapped up technology sector funds during a market downturn, anticipating that the AI-driven advance has further to go, reports Reuters.
Investors bought global equity funds worth a net $27.21 billion in their largest weekly net purchase since July 8, LSEG Lipper data showed.
However, global stocks rose about 1.5% on Thursday, after strong results from ?Microsoft and Amazon eased investor concerns about heavy capital spending across the sector.
Investors poured $11.83 billion into U.S. equity funds ?during the week, reversing combined outflows of $10.68 billion over the previous two weeks.
European and Asian equity funds also attracted $7.79 billion and $5.37 billion, respectively in net inflows.
Investors poured $5.67 billion into technology-sector funds for their largest weekly net purchase since July 8. They also bought $2.1 billion in financial-sector funds and $766 million in consumer staples funds.
Inflows in global bond funds cooled to a 17-week low of $6.16 billion during the week.
High-yield bond funds saw outflows of $789 million, broadly reversing the $815 million in net purchases of the previous week.
Net weekly investments in government bond funds and short-term bond funds also slowed to $1.99 billion and $478 million, respectively, from $3.13 billion and $1.74 billion the prior week.
Money market funds stayed out of favor for a third consecutive week, posting net outflows of $6.55 billion.
Gold and other precious-metals funds attracted net inflows of $281 million, extending their winning streak to three weeks.
In emerging markets, investors added $1.75 billion to equity funds for a third straight week but withdrew roughly $800 million from bond funds, according to data covering 28,913 funds.
Global equity fund inflows surge to three-week high
FE Team | Published: July 31, 2026 22:49:16
Global equity fund inflows surge to three-week high
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