European ETF Market Wrap: Flows, Performance and Leaders | Week 41, 2026
Here’s a recap of European ETF activity between October 5 and October 9, from our data partners, Trackinsight, covering flows and performance across asset classes, sectors, regions and themes.
According to Trackinsight data, Equity ETFs attracted €7.26 billion, followed by €3.18 billion into Fixed Income ETFs. Commodity products gathered €90.2 million and cryptocurrency products added €25.7 million.
Utilities Leads Sector ETF Inflows as Financials Sees Biggest Outflow
Utilities ETFs recorded the largest sector inflow at €177.9 million.
Materials followed with €63.4 million, while Information Technology attracted €26.6 million and Real Estate gathered €22.3 million.
Financials recorded the largest sector outflow at €451.8 million, followed by Energy with €108.5 million and Consumer Discretionary with €81.9 million.
Energy Tops Sector Returns While Industrials Lags
Energy led weekly sector returns with a 4.01% gain, followed by Consumer Staples at +3.82%. Industrials posted the weakest return at -1.86%, while Financials returned -1.03%.
World and US Lead Geographic Equity ETF Inflows
World exposures recorded the largest geographic inflow at €2.28 billion, followed by US at €2.14 billion.
Developed markets attracted €1.49 billion, while Eurozone and Taiwan gathered €333.9 million and €281.8 million, respectively.
On the outflow side, Europe saw €175.3 million leave, followed by Emerging markets at €171.9 million and Latin America at €127.1 million.
Brazil Leads Geographic Returns as South Korea Records Weakest Result
Brazil posted the strongest weekly geographic return at +15.06%, followed by Latin America at +10.17%.
At the other end, South Korea returned -4.34% and Singapore posted -3.59%.
Greece, Austria and Czech Republic also ranked among the weakest geographic exposures, with returns of -3.12%, -2.60% and -2.48%, respectively.
Cybersecurity Leads Thematic Inflows and Cloud Computing Leads Returns
Cybersecurity recorded the largest thematic inflow at €124.8 million, ahead of Net Zero 2050 at €93.5 million.
Climate Action gathered €79.3 million, followed by Artificial Intelligence & Big Data at €48.1 million.
In performance, Cloud Computing led with a +5.45% weekly return. Cybersecurity gained +5.39%, while Emerging Markets Digitalization advanced +5.39%.
China Disruptive Technology had the largest thematic outflow at €45.6 million, while Asia Defense recorded the weakest thematic return at -6.10%.
Government Investment Grade Leads Fixed Income ETF Inflows
Government Investment Grade recorded the largest fixed income category inflow at €1.89 billion.
Corporate Investment Grade followed with €1.46 billion, while Government Aggregate added €26.1 million.
Government High Yield saw the largest outflow at €158.0 million, followed by Corporate High Yield at €84.0 million.
Gold Leads Commodity ETP Flows While Crude Oil Records Largest Outflow
Gold attracted €366.5 million during the week, compared with €90.2 million in net flows for commodity products overall.
Copper gathered €23.9 million, while Crude Oil recorded €127.6 million in outflows and Multi Commodities saw €83.8 million leave.
Bitcoin Leads Cryptocurrency ETP Inflows While Ether Sees Largest Outflow
Bitcoin products attracted €45.6 million, the largest cryptocurrency inflow of the week.
AAVE gathered €6.7 million and Litecoin attracted €3.9 million. Ether recorded the largest outflow at €31.2 million, followed by Solana at €2.6 million.
Top 10 ETF Issuers by Net Inflows this Week
iShares: €3.41 billion
Vanguard: €2.27 billion
Xtrackers by DWS: €943.2 million
Amundi: €769.7 million
HSBC: €766.3 million
Invesco: €643.8 million
UBS: €386.4 million
State Street Investment Management: €376.8 million
BNP Paribas Asset Management: €354.0 million
Raiffeisen: €160.8 million
Top 10 Most Popular ETPs by Net Inflows this Week
Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF Accumulating – USD (VWCE): €801.4 million
Vanguard FTSE Global All-Cap UCITS ETF – Acc – USD (VALL): €417.6 million
iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF – USD (CSSPX): €405.0 million
iShares S&P 500 Equal Weight UCITS ETF (Acc) – USD (EWSP): €326.8 million
iShares NASDAQ 100 UCITS ETF – USD (CSNDX): €314.6 million
Amundi Prime All Country World UCITS ETF Dist – USD (WEBG): €290.4 million
HSBC MSCI TAIWAN CAPPED UCITS ETF – USD (HTWD): €269.5 million
State Street SPDR MSCI All Country World UCITS ETF – USD (SPYY): €260.5 million
Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc – USD (VDCA): €255.4 million
Amundi Core Stoxx Europe 600 UCITS ETF Acc – EUR (MEUDN): €247.6 million
Top 10 Performing Equity ETFs this Week
Amundi MSCI Brazil UCITS ETF Acc – EUR (RIO): 15.39%
iShares MSCI Brazil UCITS ETF USD (Dist) – USD (IDBZ): 15.16%
Xtrackers MSCI Brazil UCITS ETF 1C – USD (XMBR): 15.15%
iShares MSCI Brazil UCITS ETF (DE) – USD (4BRZ): 15.09%
Franklin FTSE Brazil UCITS ETF – Acc – USD (FLXB): 13.55%
AMUNDI MSCI EM LATIN AMERICA UCITS ETF (C) – EUR (ALAT): 10.47%
Xtrackers MSCI EM Latin America Swap UCITS ETF 1C – USD (DBX3): 10.19%
Amundi PEA MSCI Emerging Latin America Selection UCITS ETF Acc – EUR (PALAT): 10.13%
iShares MSCI EM Latin America UCITS ETF (Dist) – USD (DLTM): 10.01%
WisdomTree Cybersecurity UCITS ETF – Acc – USD (WCBR): 7.69%