Nov 7 (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds saw robust inflows

in the week through November 5 as investors remained optimistic

about corporate artificial intelligence-linked deals and raised

purchases during a market correction.

They invested a net $12.6 billion into U.S. equity funds

during the week, logging their largest weekly purchase since

October 1, data from LSEG Lipper showed.

Investors bought $11.9 billion worth of large-cap funds, the

most for a week since October 1. Small-cap funds also had a net

$114 million inflow while mid-cap funds faced outflows of $1.17

billion.

The technology sector attracted $2.38 billion, the largest

weekly inflow in five weeks but investors divested approximately

$1.27 billion worth of financial sector funds.

Demand for U.S. bond funds, meanwhile, eased to a five-week

low as they saw roughly $4.47 billion worth of net purchases.

Short-to-intermediate investment-grade funds, general

domestic taxable fixed income funds and municipal debt funds

attracted notable inflows of $2.46 billion, $2.44 billion and

$1.27 billion, respectively.

Inflows into money market funds, meanwhile, surged to

$118.05 billion, an 11-month high.