They sold high yield and short/intermediate investment-grade
funds of $2.28 billion and $2.2 billion, respectively, but
government funds drew a net $4.08 billion, marking a seventh
weekly inflow in a row.
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(Reporting by Gaurav Dogra and Patturaja Murugaboopathy in
Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
March 31 (Reuters) - Money continued to flow into safer
U.S. money market funds for a third consecutive week as
investors remained unsettled about the banking sector crisis,
with slowdown worries also affecting the sentiment.
According to Refinitiv Lipper data, U.S. money market funds
received a net $59.31 billion worth of inflows in the week to
March 29. They have received about $273.3 billion worth of
inflows so far this month.
Meanwhile, investors turned net sellers of $20.68 billion
worth of U.S. equity funds after $10.17 billion worth of net
purchases in the previous week.
They exited large, small and mid-cap equity funds of $8.25
billion, $2.43 billion and $1 billion, respectively.
Among sector funds, financials, industrials and consumer
staples saw withdrawals of $931 million, $617 million and $499
million, respectively, although tech received $926 million worth
of inflows after witnessing outflows for six weeks in a row.
Meanwhile, investors turned net sellers of U.S. bond funds
with disposals of $1.37 billion after about $2.87 billion worth
net purchases in the previous week.
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