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title: "Weekly Recap | iShares MSCI Em -1.34%, pullback on elevated volume"
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description: "iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM.US) fell 1.34% this week to close at $62.01, underperforming the S&P 500 by 0.87 percentage points. The week opened at $63.82 on Monday and touched $63.83 early, then drifted lower over the next three sessions. Thursday printed the week’s low of $61.50 before Friday settled at $62.01. The weekly range came to 3.65%, with average daily volume running about 14% above the median level."
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# Weekly Recap | iShares MSCI Em -1.34%, pullback on elevated volume

## The Week

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM.US) fell 1.34% this week to close at $62.01, underperforming the S&P 500 by 0.87 percentage points. The week opened at $63.82 on Monday and touched $63.83 early, then drifted lower over the next three sessions. Thursday printed the week’s low of $61.50 before Friday settled at $62.01. The weekly range came to 3.65%, with average daily volume running about 14% above the median level.

## Sector News

Emerging market headlines were mixed this week. Rising Treasury yields rattled some asset classes, though the view that emerging markets were not yet catching a cold made the rounds. Hong Kong small caps were in the spotlight, with some pivoting to buybacks and AI-driven strategies as the market squeeze persisted, and robotics names bid up. On the China side, China Construction Bank issued RMB70 billion in Tier-2 capital bonds, and Linmon Media struck a Tencent framework deal for game and derivative rights. Alibaba fell more than 5% in overnight trading on 22 October, with options activity concentrated in the $109 and $110 calls expiring 30 October. At the fund level, iShares, Inc. filed a portfolio holdings report on 24 October.

## The Week Ahead

Next week brings a crowded US macro calendar. The Dallas Fed manufacturing index (prior 9.8) arrives on 26 October. On 27 October, watch durable goods orders (prior -0.1, forecast 1.5), ex-transport orders (prior 0.2, forecast 0.6), FHFA house prices, the Case Shiller 20-city index, new home sales (prior 684k, forecast 650k) and consumer confidence (prior 81.9, forecast 81). Housing and confidence prints will shape the macro backdrop for emerging market risk appetite.

## In Short

EEM.US pulled back this week on above-median volume, though the gap versus the S&P 500 stayed narrow enough that a trend break is not obvious. Valuation sits at a high P/E with a price-to-book around 1.58x and a 1.80% dividend yield; the latest session’s large and medium-lot flows were net buyers while small-lot money turned net seller. Treasury yield direction and the upcoming durables, housing and confidence data remain the key swing factors for emerging market sentiment.

*This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.*

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