iShares Asia Region ETFs Weekly and YTD Returns

iShares Asia region country-based ETFs posted mixed results last week, with iPath ETN India (INP) leading advancers, +6.4%, and iShares Singapore (EWS) taking up the bottom-end, -1.8%. Trading has been mixed across the region after U.S. markets were closed Monday.

iPath ETN India reversed course from two weeks ago, when it lost 0.5% for the week, the only fund surveyed to trade lower amidst a bullish rebound. INP is now up more than 20% on the year.

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (FXI) continued to climb higher, gaining 4.6% and now up a leading (among the funds surveyed) 34.9%.

A 3% gain for iShares South Korea (EWY) took its ytd return back near 30%. iShares Hong Kong gained 2% to raise its ytd return above 15%.

iShares Japan (EWJ) rose less than a percent and is down about a percent for the year -- the only regional fund in negative territory ytd.

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].

Note, 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)