Commodity Weekly Recap: Carbon Credits Surge While Precious Metals Bleed Assets

Share

Weekly Channel Summary

The Commodity ETF Channel currently holds $346.29B in Total AUM distributed across 71 distinct ETFs managed by 28 issuers. Over the past 5 days, the channel recorded aggregate net flows of -$1,359M, shifting the Year-To-Date flow profile into negative territory at -$962M.

This Week’s Performance Leaders and Laggards

Carbon Credits led category performance for the week, returning 4.13% WTD. Precious Metals and Industrial Metals posted fractional gains of 0.53% and 0.18%, respectively. Conversely, Shipping Freight was the primary category laggard, declining -5.24% WTD, followed by Energy at -3.61%.

Category Performance Snapshot

Category WTD 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month YTD 1 Year
Carbon Credits 4.13% 8.04% 11.64% -0.82% -5.13% 16.50%
Precious Metals 0.53% -1.14% -14.92% 13.38% 2.84% 57.60%
Industrial Metals 0.18% 4.54% 6.73% 22.11% 12.90% 40.37%
Agriculture -2.18% -2.05% 3.70% 4.87% 7.49% 2.01%
Multi-Sector -2.43% -3.08% 11.97% 25.28% 24.78% 40.24%
Energy -3.61% -5.65% 31.09% 42.18% 46.65% 48.33%
Shipping Freight -5.24% 4.94% 91.30% 320.58% 386.48% 769.99%

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by Weekly Performance

The single best-performing individual product was UNG, gaining 8.97% on the week. The two weakest funds over the last 5 days were BWET (-12.20%) and USO (-9.51%).

Ticker Fund Name WTD Performance
Top Performers
UNG United States Natural Gas Fund LP 8.97%
CTWO COtwo Advisors Physical European Carbon Allowance Trust ETF of Beneficial Interest 5.51%
UNL United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund LP 5.27%
KRBN KraneShares Global Carbon Strategy ETF 4.66%
KCCA KraneShares California Carbon Allowance Strategy ETF 2.21%
Bottom Performers
BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF -12.20%
USO United States Oil Fund LP -9.51%
UGA United States Gasoline Fund LP -9.40%
BNO United States Brent Oil Fund LP -9.02%
DBE Invesco DB Energy Fund -7.51%

Analyzing the Weekly Flows

The channel registered broad outflows overall (-$1,359M). The Energy category defied this trend, leading with $11M in net inflows. In contrast, Precious Metals suffered severe redemptions, bleeding -$1,184M over the past 5 days.

Category Flows Summary

Category Fund Count AUM 5 Day 30 Day 90 Day YTD 1 Year
Energy 11 $3.89B $11M -$74M $352M $315M $650M
Industrial Metals 4 $1.23B $5M $68M -$6M $458M $748M
Carbon Credits 3 $0.26B $0M $2M -$6M -$21M -$24M
Shipping Freight 2 $0.07B -$22M -$10M -$33M -$25M -$84M
Agriculture 8 $2.71B -$63M $475M $1,546M $1,590M $1,511M
Multi-Sector 27 $25.24B -$107M $854M $1,971M $3,584M $5,569M
Precious Metals 16 $312.89B -$1,184M -$1,507M -$16,534M -$6,863M $32,413M

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by 5-Day Flow

Focusing on individual products, USO captured the top spot for inflows, taking in $47M. Conversely, the top two ETFs for outflows were Precious Metals giants: GLD saw -$812M in redemptions, and SLV recorded -$228M in outflows.

Ticker Fund Name 5-Day Flow
Inflows
USO United States Oil Fund LP $47M
CMDY iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF $27M
HARD Simplify Commodities Strategy No K-1 ETF $12M
PIT VanEck Commodity Strategy ETF $11M
TILL Teucrium Agricultural Strategy No K-1 ETF $10M
Outflows
GLD SPDR Gold Shares -$812M
SLV iShares Silver Trust -$228M
HGER Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF -$96M
GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust of beneficial interest -$70M
PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF -$45M

Issuer League Table Update

SPDR and iShares remain the top two dominant issuers by total category market share at 51.18% and 32.70%, respectively. Despite trailing the top four in total size, US Commodity Funds gathered the most weekly inflows across all issuers, adding $16M to their ETF lineup.

Top 5 Issuers by AUM

Brand Fund Count AUM AUM Market Share
SPDR 3 $177.24B 51.18%
iShares 7 $113.23B 32.70%
aberdeen 7 $21.36B 6.17%
Invesco 9 $10.94B 3.16%
US Commodity Funds 8 $4.40B 1.27%

Top & Bottom 3 Issuers by 5-Day Flow

Brand 5-Day Flow
Inflows
US Commodity Funds $16M
Simplify $12M
VanEck $11M
Outflows
SPDR -$879M
iShares -$226M
Harbor -$96M

For a deeper dive into these trends, access our FREE, in-depth Commodity ETF reports in the right side panel of this page.

Disclosures

This material is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. All investments, including ETFs, involve risk, including the possible loss of principal. Investors should consider their investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing.

This analysis was developed by the team at ETF Action. We leverage advanced AI tools to assist in the drafting and refinement of our content, based on our expert prompts, direction, and final review.