Investors put $8.4bn (€6bn) of net new money into equity funds last week, suggesting they may not have fallen completely out of love with the stock market.

EPFR Global, the data provider which tracks funds worth a total $2.2 trillion including exchange-traded funds and similar products, said flows into equities have been net positive for the past seven weeks. Global, US and Chinese funds have been most popular, along with higher-yielding fixed income investments.