LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - Investors took advantage of

the drop in stock and bond prices in the latest week to snap up

both, even though a steep rise in energy prices on the back of

the war in the Middle East rattled sentiment, according to Bank

of America Global Research on Friday.

Investors poured $62.2 billion into stocks, $23.5 billion

into cash, $10.2 billion to bonds, and $1.0 billion into crypto,

while pulling $4.5 billion from gold, the bank said, citing data

from EPFR.

* Gold funds logged their largest weekly outflow since

October, while energy funds logged a 17th straight week of

inflows, with another $1.1 billion in the latest week, as oil

and gas prices have surged.

* U.S. equity funds pulled in $47.1 billion, the biggest

weekly inflow since December.

* Junk bond funds posted a weekly outflow of $5.2 billion,

the largest since April 2025

* Emerging market funds saw outflows for both debt, with an

outflow of $3.3 billion, and equities, with an outflow of $4.8

billion.