Commodity ETFs also added $2.9 billion. The gold ETF, SPDR Gold Shares ETF (NYSEArca: GLD), brought in $1.3 billion as gold prices inched toward $1,800 an ounce last month.
As of the end of February 2012, total U.S-listed ETPs expanded to 1,440 offerings, compared to the 1135 listed products in February 2011.
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Max Chen contributed to this article.