US Exchange-Traded Funds Assets Reached $312.79 Billion In January, Says ICI

The combined assets of the nation's exchange traded funds (ETFs) were $312.79 billion in January, according to the Investment Company Institute. The Washington based group's monthly statistical collection includes the value of shares issued and redeemed by exchange traded funds.

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The combined assets of the nation’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $312.79 billion in January, according to the Investment Company Institute.

The Washington-based group’s monthly statistical collection includes the value of shares issued and redeemed by exchange-traded funds.

Equity index ETF assets increased in January by $16.14 billion to $297.15 billion, while bond index ETF assets increased by $636 million to $15.64 billion.

Assets of domestic equity ETFs increased by $6.79 billion and international equity ETF assets increased by $9.35 billion. During January, the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $2.87 billion.

Overall, there were 201 ETFs, with the 146 ETFs that tracked domestic stock indexes in January holding assets of $222.60 billion. Forty-nine ETFs tracked international equity indexes and held assets of $74.56 billion. And six ETFs tracked bond indexes.

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