European ETF Market Wrap: Flows, Performance and Leaders | Week 42, 2026

Here’s a recap of European ETF activity between October 12 and October 16, from our data partners, Trackinsight, covering flows and performance across asset classes, sectors, regions and themes.

According to Trackinsight data, Equity ETFs attracted €5.23 billion, Fixed Income ETFs attracted €2.63 billion. Commodity products gathered €160.3 million. Cryptocurrencies products gathered €24.2 million.

Health Care Leads Sector ETF Inflows as Financials Sees Biggest Outflow

Health Care ETFs recorded the largest sector inflow at €189.0 million.

Utilities (€99.3 million), Information Technology (€96.5 million), and Energy (€91.1 million) also recorded inflows.

Financials (€628.5 million), Industrials (€86.1 million), and Real Estate (€79.3 million) recorded the largest sector outflows.

Consumer Staples Tops Sector Returns While Information Technology Lags

Consumer Staples led weekly sector returns at +5.77%, followed by Energy at +3.91%. Information Technology posted the weakest return at -8.08%, followed by Materials at -2.34%.

World and US Lead Geographic Equity ETF Inflows

World exposures recorded the largest geographic inflow at €1.75 billion, followed by US at €1.49 billion.

Developed markets (€884.9 million), Emerging markets (€562.9 million), and Switzerland (€216.2 million) also attracted inflows.

On the outflow side, China (€321.4 million), Europe (€81.9 million), and Singapore (€42.5 million) recorded the largest withdrawals.

Switzerland Leads Geographic Returns as South Korea Records Weakest Result

Switzerland posted the strongest weekly geographic return at +4.24%, followed by Mexico at +4.18%.

At the other end, South Korea returned -14.01% and Indonesia posted -8.59%.

East Asia (-7.46%), Taiwan (-6.80%), and Developed Asia Pacific (-6.62%) also ranked among the weakest geographic exposures.

Cybersecurity Leads Thematic Inflows and Emerging Markets Disruptive Technology Leads Returns

Cybersecurity recorded the largest thematic inflow at €101.3 million, ahead of Climate Action at €59.1 million.

Artificial Intelligence & Big Data (€39.3 million) and Robotics & Automation (€33.4 million) also gathered inflows.

In performance, Emerging Markets Disruptive Technology led with a +6.30% weekly return. Europe Defense returned +4.40% and Healthcare Technology & Innovation returned +3.51%.

Net Zero 2050 had the largest thematic outflow at €718.9 million, while Cybersecurity recorded the weakest thematic return at -10.06%.

Government Investment Grade Leads Fixed Income ETF Inflows

Government Investment Grade recorded the largest fixed income category inflow at €912.3 million.

Corporate Investment Grade (€742.5 million) and Aggregate Investment Grade (€355.6 million) followed.

Government Aggregate (€84.0 million) and Corporate Aggregate (€4.0 million) recorded the largest outflows.

Gold Leads Commodity ETP Flows While Silver Records Largest Outflow

Gold attracted €117.4 million during the week.

Multi Commodities gathered €83.3 million, while Silver recorded €37.0 million in outflows and Sugar saw €36.2 million leave.

Bitcoin Leads Cryptocurrency ETP Inflows While Ether Sees Largest Outflow

Bitcoin products attracted €43.9 million, the largest cryptocurrency inflow of the week.

Polygon gathered €4.4 million and AAVE attracted €3.2 million. Ether recorded the largest outflow at €8.0 million, followed by Solana at €6.8 million.

Top 10 ETF Issuers by Net Inflows this Week

1. Vanguard: €2.20 billion
2. iShares: €1.57 billion
3. Xtrackers by DWS: €1.06 billion
4. Amundi: €897.1 million
5. UBS: €638.8 million
6. Invesco: €490.0 million
7. State Street Investment Management: €343.9 million
8. Pictet Asset Management: €139.6 million
9. HSBC: €138.2 million
10. VanEck: €91.4 million

Top 10 Most Popular ETPs by Net Inflows this Week

1. Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF Accumulating – USD (VWCE): €535.2 million
2. Vanguard FTSE Global All-Cap UCITS ETF – Acc – USD (VALL): €411.7 million
3. Amundi MSCI USA Screened UCITS ETF – USD (USAS): €408.3 million
4. Xtrackers II EUR Overnight Rate Swap UCITS ETF 1C – EUR (XEON): €222.9 million
5. iShares € Corp Bond 0-3Yr ESG SRI UCITS ETF (Distributing) – EUR (SUSS): €211.1 million
6. iShares $ Treasury Bond 0-1yr UCITS ETF – Acc – USD (IB01): €198.4 million
7. Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF Distributing – USD (VUSA): €187.4 million
8. iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF – USD (EMIM): €178.9 million
9. State Street SPDR MSCI All Country World UCITS ETF – USD (SPYY): €150.3 million
10. Amundi Core Stoxx Europe 600 UCITS ETF Acc – EUR (MEUDN): €138.4 million

Top 10 Performing Equity ETFs this Week

1. iShares STOXX Europe 600 Food & Beverage UCITS ETF (DE) – EUR (EXH3): 7.76%
2. iShares MSCI Europe Consumer Staples Sector UCITS ETF Acc – EUR (ESIS): 7.28%
3. Xtrackers MSCI Europe Consumer Staples UCITS ETF 1C – EUR (DXSK): 7.27%
4. State Street SPDR MSCI Europe Consumer Staples UCITS ETF – EUR (STS): 7.27%
5. Amundi STOXX Europe 600 Consumer Staples UCITS ETF Acc – EUR (FOO): 7.23%
6. State Street SPDR S&P Europe Defense Vision UCITS ETF – EUR (DFSV): 6.83%
7. Future of European Defence Screened UCITS ETF – EUR (8RMY): 6.75%
8. HSBC S&P India Tech UCITS ETF – Acc – EUR (HITC): 6.30%
9. Amundi Stoxx Europe Defense UCITS ETF Acc – EUR (DEFS): 6.22%
10. iShares Europe Defence UCITS ETF EUR Acc – EUR (DFNC): 6.21%