iShares Asia Region ETFs Weekly and YTD Returns

There were more decliners last week than in recent weeks among Asia region iShares ETFs. iPath ETN MSCI India (INP) led all advancers, joining four others with double-digit year-to-date returns.

The iShares S&P 500 (IVV) was the second-best performer last week among the funds surveyed, and year-to-date (+7.6%) is outperforming all of Northeast Asia except S. Korea (EWY) +13.2%.

Malaysia (EWM) and Singapore (EWS) each gained about 1% to add to their leading ytd returns, 34.6% and 21.9%, respectively.

See the chart below for last week's results. There are two sets of returns for each ETF: the past week [light blue] and year-to-date [purple].

The bars for the iShares S&P 500 index (IVV) are colored differently for comparative purposes.

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Disclosure: The author does not own shares of any funds mentioned in this article.

Here is a list of the relevant ETFs and their tickers.

iShares Australia (EWA)
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (FXI)
iShares Hong Kong (EWH)
iPath ETN MSCI India (INP)
iShares Japan (EWJ)
iShares Malaysia (EWM)
iShares Singapore (EWS)
iShares S. Korea (EWY)
iShares Taiwan (EWT)
iShares EAFE (EFA)
iShares Pacific ex-Japan (EPP)
iShares S&P 500 (IVV)