STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-U.S. inflows resume after one-week break-Lipper

U.S. investors restarted adding to their holdings of European shares in the seven days to April 2 after a one-week break, resuming a trend started in June on the back of growing optimism about global growth, Thomson Reuters Lipper data showed.

A poll of 102 U.S.-based funds invested in European equities shows they raked in $190.2 million in the latest week, taking the total value of their assets to $45.8 billion, the highest since Lipper started tracking the data in 1992.

Investor (Other OTC: IVSBF - news) appetite for shares was revived by some strong economic data from the United States and suggestions by the Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that the bank's ultra-easy monetary policy would remain in place for some time.

The funds recorded their first weekly outflow in nine months in the seven days to March 26, breaking their longest winning streak on record.

The poll included 36 exchange traded funds (ETFs) holding assets worth $37.9 billion.

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