Global equity funds draw eighth weekly inflow as AI rally lifts tech

Reuters

Fri, May 15, 2026 astatine 8:54 AM CDT 2 min read

May 15 (Reuters) - Global equity funds attracted inflows for an eighth consecutive week done May 13 arsenic investors chased the AI-driven ‌rally successful exertion stocks connected optimism implicit beardown chipmaker net ‌and shrugged disconnected ostentation concerns.

They bought a nett $39.15 cardinal of planetary equity funds successful their ​largest play nett acquisition since $48.55 cardinal of additions successful the week to April 22, LSEG Lipper information showed.

The MSCI World Index deed a grounds 1,117.52 connected Thursday, arsenic tech shares extended a rally aft Advanced Micro Devices ‌and Microchip Technology had forecasted beardown ⁠data-center chips' request successful the past week.

LSEG information covering 900 MSCI World constituents showed that astir 72% of companies ⁠beat analysts' mean nett estimates for the archetypal quarter.

U.S. equity funds gained $22.37 cardinal play inflows successful a reversal from $2.89 cardinal nett outflows the anterior week. ​Asian and ​European funds besides saw play nett ​additions of $7.62 cardinal and $6.29 billion, ‌respectively.

The exertion assemblage drew a grounds $10.65 billion. Metals and mining, and concern sectors besides had nett purchases of $1.03 cardinal and $886 million, respectively.

Global enslaved funds attracted $25.76 billion, the largest magnitude for a week since aboriginal October 2025.

Short-term enslaved funds, euro-denominated enslaved funds and firm enslaved funds led the purchases ‌with nett inflows of $2.93 billion, $2.83 cardinal and $2.47 ​billion, respectively.

Money marketplace funds, meanwhile, witnessed a ​net $9.2 cardinal of withdrawals aft ​net purchases of $149.98 cardinal successful the anterior week.

Gold and ‌other precious metallic funds saw a ​revival successful request ​following 2 weeks of nett income arsenic investors poured $1.77 cardinal into these funds.

In emerging markets, equity funds remained retired of favour for ​a 3rd consecutive week ‌with a nett $3.18 cardinal outflow. Bond funds, however, saw a sixth ​weekly inflow of $2.19 billion, information covering 28,893 funds showed.

(Reporting by ​Gaurav Dogra, Editing by Nick Zieminski)