Top Thematic ETF Advancers — YTD

The best returns since January. Year-to-date is the number most investors are actually measured on, and it resets every January regardless of where the cycle happens to be. Narrowed to the thematic equity funds — AI and robotics, semiconductors, cybersecurity, clean energy, defence and the rest. Concentrated portfolios by construction, which is why they fill both ends of a leaders table more often than the broad market does. Each row is dated to its own market’s last session. Tadawul is shut on Friday while ADX trades, so a single date over the table would file a Saudi fund’s Thursday move under a Friday heading.