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Investing.com - Latin American equities have shown strong performance year-to-date with USD total returns exceeding 30% for most countries in the region, according to a recent Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) report. In the last month, however, Latin American returns were mostly flat amid volatility related to tariff news.
Foreign inflows to Brazil slowed down last month, with inflows to cash equities being offset by outflows from futures. According to data from B3/Neoway/Datawise+, foreigners were net buyers in June with R$4.6 billion in net inflows to cash equities, primarily purchasing Energy, Materials and Utilities sectors. Local funds were net sellers across most sectors.
The report indicates that while foreigners have been increasing exposure to Brazil since mid-April, local funds have remained sellers since the beginning of the year. Overall foreign flows to B3 were muted in June, with R$5 billion inflows via cash equities entirely offset by R$5 billion outflows from futures. Year-to-date foreign inflows (cash equities and futures) have reached R$27 billion.
Outflows from Brazilian local equity funds slowed in the second quarter of 2025 to R$1.2 billion outflows per week on average, compared to R$2 billion outflows per week on average in the first quarter. Allocation to equities within the local fund industry declined to 7.7% in May versus 7.8% in April, with the last peak at 9.5% in December 2023.
Global funds dedicated to Latin America recorded US$2.9 billion in inflows year-to-date, a significant improvement compared to US$7 billion in outflows last year. Inflows into emerging markets excluding China accelerated in the last four weeks, adding US$12 billion and reaching US$2.9 billion year-to-date.
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