This week's highlights
Healthcare and technology sectors had a strong week as repercussions on markets as a result of the Coronavirus were more subdued than first thought. The Australian Dollar continued to weaken having a positive effect on unhedged international ETFs.
ETFS S&P Biotech ETF (CURE) was the best performing equity ETF over the week returning 6.8%. BetaShares Asia Technology Tigers ETF (ASIA) was up 5.3% and ETFS Battery Tech & Lithium ETF (ACDC) was up 4.5% as Tesla and Orocobre had strong weeks.
The worst performers were Chinese equity ETFs, with VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (CETF) down 5.4%. Oil and Mining ETFs also had a negative week. VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) was down 3.6% and BetaShares Crude Oil Index ETF - Ccy Hedged (OOO) was down 2.4%.
The best flows were into fixed income products. VanEck Vectors Australian Floating Rate ETF (FLOT) topped the weekly inflows with A$25m. ETFS Physical Gold (GOLD) also had a strong week with A$13m in inflows. The biggest outflows were seen in BetaShares Australia 200 ETF (A200), which had outflows of A$119m.
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