US bond funds witnessed their first weekly net selling in six weeks in the seven days to Feb. 15 as bond yields climbed on concerns over more Federal Reserve tightening after data showed resilient inflation, reports Reuters.
A report from the Labor Department on Thursday showed monthly producer prices accelerated in January, while the producer price index for final demand rebounded 0.7 per cent last month after decreasing 0.2 per cent in December.
On Tuesday, consumer price index data showed inflation accelerated in January and was more than expected on an annualized basis.
Refinitiv Lipper data showed investors withdrew a net $958 million out of US bond funds, marking the first weekly net selling since Jan. 4.
US taxable bond funds suffered $855 million worth of outflows compared with $1.89 billion worth of net buying in the previous week. Investors also sold $311 million worth of municipal bond funds.
US high yield, general domestic taxable fixed income, and emerging markets debt funds witnessed outflows worth $3.04 billion, $1.2 billion, and $1.1 billion, respectively; short/intermediate investment-grade funds received $2.87 billion in inflows.
Meanwhile, US equity funds booked $3.56 billion worth of net selling, the biggest weekly outflow in six weeks.
US large and mid-cap equity funds faced $4.01 billion and $915 million worth of withdrawals, but small-cap funds remained in demand for a third-straight week, with a net $725 million in inflows.
Meanwhile, investors secured $6.9 billion worth of money market funds in their first weekly net buying in three weeks.
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