July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds drew inflows in the
week to July 29, snapping a two-week streak of outflows, as
investors added exposure to mega-cap technology funds during a
recent selloff on bets that the market rally could continue.
Investors bought a net $11.83 billion in U.S. equity funds,
more than reversing the combined $10.68 billion in outflows
recorded over the previous two weeks, according to LSEG Lipper
data.
After last week's results from Alphabet and Tesla
, which showed negative cash flows and weighed on the
technology sector, strong earnings from Microsoft ( MSFT ) and
Amazon ( AMZN ) on Thursday eased concerns over heavy capital
spending and lifted the S&P 500 1.66%.
"Microsoft ( MSFT ) indicated further acceleration in cloud revenue
growth for the current quarter, while Alphabet reported an
increase in advanced cloud orders that have yet to be recorded
as revenue," said Mark Haefele, chief investment officer at UBS
Global Wealth Management.
"We remain constructive on the AI growth story."
Investors bought a net $11.57 billion in U.S. large-cap
funds, marking their largest weekly net purchase since June 24.
Mid-cap and small-cap funds, however, saw outflows of $2.29
billion and $196 million, respectively.
Technology-sector funds attracted $4.9 billion, their
largest weekly inflow since July 8. Financials and consumer
staples also recorded net purchases of $1.96 billion and $751
million, respectively.
Meanwhile, inflows into U.S. bond funds slowed to a 15-week
low of $1.34 billion during the week.
Net purchases of short-to-intermediate government and
Treasury funds, as well as short-to-intermediate
investment-grade funds, eased to $865 million and $1.08 billion,
respectively, from $1.32 billion and $1.54 billion in the
previous week.
Investors withdrew $466 million from general domestic
taxable fixed-income funds but bought a net $761 million in
municipal debt funds.
Money market funds recorded net outflows of $11 billion for
a third consecutive week.