April 17 (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds attracted strong

demand in the week through April 15 as expectations of an early

resolution to the Iran conflict and resilient corporate results

boosted risk appetite.

Investors poured a net $21.25 billion into U.S. equity

funds, extending a buying streak to a fourth straight week, LSEG

Lipper data showed.

The benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq

indexes posted their second consecutive record closing highs on

Thursday as Israel agreed to a temporary ceasefire with Lebanon

and U.S. President Donald Trump signaled that Washington and

Tehran could meet again over the weekend.

Inflows into U.S. large-cap funds jumped to a net $7.58

billion in the week, from roughly $662 million the week before.

Small-cap funds drew a net $284 million in investments, while

mid-cap funds faced divestments of $389 million.

Sectoral funds were the most popular in over four years,

attracting a net of $7.39 billion in weekly inflows. The tech,

industrial and healthcare sectors garnered net purchases of

$5.63 billion, $897 million and $694 million, respectively, and

led net buying.

Bond funds were on the sidelines as investors withdrew $833

million on a net basis, after receiving a net $9.59 billion the

prior week.

Short-to-intermediate government and treasury funds suffered

weekly net sales of $5.42 billion as investors ended 14 weeks of

inflows. General domestic taxable fixed-income funds, however,

attracted $2.33 billion, the biggest weekly amount since

February 18.

U.S. investors dumped a net $177.72 billion of money market

funds in the largest weekly selloff since at least September

2018.