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National Stock Exchange, Inc. (NSX®) today announced that assets in U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETN) totaled approximately $460.6 billion at February 2009 month-end, a decrease of 19.5% from February 2008 when assets totaled $572.2 billion. February 2009 net cash outflows from all ETFs/ETNs totaled $5.8 billion, although net inflows into Commodity-based products totaled a record $8.0 billion for the month of February, for a year-to-date total of $12.9 billion.
ETF/ETN notional trading volume totaled approximately $1.7 trillion for February 2009, representing 38% of all U.S. equity trading volume. In addition, at the end of February 2009, the number of listed products totaled 843, compared to 690 listed products one year ago.
This data is included in NSX's February 2009 Month-End ETF/ETN Data Report released today. NSX began publishing monthly Data Reports in 2007 and has become a key industry source for ETF/ETN data. These Data Reports are published following the end of each calendar month.
The NSX monthly statistics include shares of open-end exchange-traded products, encompassing U.S. listed shares of investment companies, grantor trusts, ETNs and commodity pools.
NSX's full report provides ETF data on Assets Under Management, Net Cash Flow and Notional Volume, broken out by Issuer, by Category, and the Top 10 ETFs by Size. NSX recently expanded this report to also include additional categories. To view this report go to: http://www.nsx.com/content/market-data.
In addition, NSX publishes a product-by-product breakdown of the 843 products on which the data is based. The complete list can be accessed at: http://www.nsx.com/content/etf-product-list.
NSX is the cost-effective provider of exchange services, committed to aligning its interests with those of its customers. Founded in 1885, NSX has been a driving force for change in the world of securities exchanges and continues to lead the way in exchange innovation. For more information on NSX, visit http://www.nsx.com.
