July was a record month across the globe for assets invested in ETFs and ETPs, data shows.

Assets invested in exchange-traded funds and products listed globally reached a record $3.343 trillion at the end of July, according to a new report from ETFGI, a firm tracking developments in these investment vehicles.

Net new assets of $52.68 billion were gathered over July, marking the 30th consecutive month of net inflows. Equity ETFs/ETPs saw the largest net inflows with $33.36 billion, followed by fixed income ETFs/ETPs with $13.25 billion, and commodity ETFs/ETPs with $5.45 billion.

Over the year to the end of July, fixed income ETFs/ETPs attracted the largest net inflows with a record $80.89 billion, followed by equity ETFs/ETPs with $48.43 billion, and commodity ETFs/ETPs with a record of $31.99 billion.

Record levels of assets were reached at the end of July for ETFs/ETPs listed in the US at $2.367 trillion, in Europe at $539.16 billion, in Japan at $191.82 billion, and in Canada at $81.19 billion.

At the end of July, the global ETF/ETP industry had 6,476 ETFs/ETPs, with 12,342 listings, from 285 providers listed on 65 exchanges in 53 countries.

ETFs are typically open-ended, index-based funds that can be bought and sold like ordinary shares on a stock exchange. They offer broad exposure across developed, emerging and frontier markets, equities, fixed income and commodities. Exchange-traded products do not use an open-end fund structure.