U.S. equity fund inflows ease to a six-week low

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Reuters

Mon, May 4, 2026 astatine 8:03 AM CDT 1 min read

May 4 (Reuters) - U.S. equity money inflows ebbed to a six-week debased successful the week ‌through April 29 arsenic investors acrophobic implicit ‌a surge successful crude lipid prices exercised caution up of ​a monetary argumentation determination by the Federal Reserve.

According to LSEG Lipper data, investors bought conscionable $911 cardinal worthy of U.S. equity funds successful their smallest play ‌net acquisition since ⁠March 18.

The Federal Reserve kept involvement rates dependable past week, but 3 committee ⁠members voted to driblet the cardinal bank's easing bias, adding a furniture of uncertainty astir the ​Fed's argumentation ​direction.

The S&P 500, meanwhile, ​hit a grounds precocious ‌of 7,272.52 past Friday, bolstered by upbeat net from respective large U.S. tech companies.

Investors pumped $1.43 cardinal into exertion stocks, extending a tally of nett purchases into a 4th successive week. They besides ‌offloaded $1.06 cardinal from healthcare funds.

U.S. ​bond funds saw an uptick ​in request arsenic ​inflows surged to $4.87 billion, from astir $3.41 ‌billion successful the anterior week.

U.S. ​government enslaved ​funds, precocious output enslaved funds and short-to-intermediate investment-grade funds attracted $2.73 billion, $1.97 cardinal and $1.48 billion, respectively.

Money ​market funds, ‌meanwhile, faced a 3rd successive play outflow to ​the tune of $13.02 billion.

(Reporting by Gaurav Dogra; ​Editing by Ronojoy Mazumdar)

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