Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds saw robust inflows

in the week through October 22 bolstered by optimism over a

broadly upbeat quarterly earnings season so far.

Easing U.S.-China trade tensions, with trade talks between U.S.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping planned

for the next week, also supported sentiments.

Investors bought a net $9.65 billion worth of U.S. equity

funds during the week, after two weeks of net outflows, data

from LSEG Lipper showed.

A generally upbeat earnings season so far with strong results

from General Motors ( GM ), Coca-Cola and 3M ( MMM ), in

the most recent week, renewed investor appetite for equity

funds.

Weekly net investments in technology sector funds jumped to

a three-week high of $1.38 billion. Industrial and consumer

staples sectors also received a notable of $805 million and $586

million, respectively.

U.S. bond funds attracted $8.4 billion, with investors

logging a third weekly net purchase.

Short-to-intermediate investment-grade funds stood out as

these funds received $3.63 billion, the largest weekly inflow

since July 2.

Municipal debt funds and general domestic taxable fixed

income funds also witnessed $1.12 billion and $556 million worth

of inflows, respectively.

Investors, meanwhile, pumped $22.81 billion into U.S. money

market funds as they registered a fourth weekly net purchase in

five weeks.