Energy and Shipping Win the Week, But Precious Metals Win the Flows

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Weekly Channel Summary

The Commodity ETF channel currently holds a total of $373.66B in Assets Under Management (AUM) across 71 ETFs, managed by 28 issuers. For the week, the channel experienced positive 5-Day Flows of $1.45B, bringing the Year-to-Date (YTD) net flows to $0.71B.

This Week’s Performance Leaders and Laggards

Shipping Freight was the top-performing category this week, returning +6.94%, followed closely by Energy with a +5.56% gain. Precious Metals lagged the channel, ending the week down -3.79%.

Category Performance Snapshot

Category WTD 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month YTD 1 Year
Shipping Freight +6.94% +33.45% +193.65% +378.16% +447.53% +770.24%
Energy +5.56% +12.41% +48.51% +50.79% +59.41% +58.45%
Multi-Sector +1.57% +5.54% +21.56% +31.13% +29.92% +43.82%
Carbon Credits +1.29% +2.21% +4.54% -5.58% -10.58% +7.37%
Agriculture -0.02% +3.79% +8.48% +7.61% +9.42% +2.88%
Industrial Metals -0.22% +1.55% +8.12% +24.64% +11.55% +42.66%
Precious Metals -3.79% -5.40% -7.36% +18.86% +3.71% +64.41%

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by Weekly Performance

The single best-performing individual ETF this week was the United States Oil Fund LP (USO), surging +10.11%. Conversely, the worst-performing ETFs were GraniteShares Gold Shares (BAR) and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), which both declined by -4.51%.

Ticker Fund Name WTD Performance
Top Performers
USO United States Oil Fund LP +10.11%
BNO United States Brent Oil Fund LP +7.92%
DBO Invesco DB Oil Fund +7.76%
BDRY Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF +7.41%
UNG United States Natural Gas Fund LP +6.74%
Bottom Performers
BAR GraniteShares Gold Shares -4.51%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares -4.51%
IAU iShares Gold Trust -4.51%
FGDL Franklin Responsibly Sourced Gold ETF -4.50%
GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust of beneficial interest -4.50%

Analyzing the Weekly Flows

The Commodity ETF channel generated $1.45B in net inflows over the past week. The Precious Metals category led asset gathering by securing $1,304M in 5-day flows. Meanwhile, Energy ETFs saw the largest category outflows, losing ($65M).

Category Flows Summary

Category Fund Count AUM 5 Day 30 Day 90 Day YTD 1 Year
Precious Metals 16 $339.15B $1,304M ($1,403M) ($10,161M) ($4,899M) $34,467M
Multi-Sector 27 $26.04B $121M $691M $1,994M $3,300M $5,338M
Industrial Metals 4 $1.24B $61M $82M ($106M) $438M $738M
Agriculture 8 $2.69B $31M $535M $1,515M $1,523M $1,457M
Carbon Credits 3 $0.25B $0M $3M ($8M) ($19M) ($20M)
Shipping Freight 2 $0.09B ($2M) ($10M) ($8M) ($6M) ($63M)
Energy 11 $4.20B ($65M) ($526M) $370M $376M $678M

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by 5-Day Flow

SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) attracted the most capital over the past five days with $523M in net inflows. On the other end, iShares Gold Trust (IAU) and Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (DBC) experienced the largest outflows at ($53M) and ($48M), respectively.

Ticker Fund Name 5-Day Flow
Inflows
GLD SPDR Gold Shares $523M
SLV iShares Silver Trust $468M
GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust of beneficial interest $251M
COMT iShares U.S. ETF Trust iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF $63M
CPER United States Copper Index Fund $51M
Outflows
IAU iShares Gold Trust ($53M)
DBC Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund ($48M)
BNO United States Brent Oil Fund LP ($42M)
UNG United States Natural Gas Fund LP ($28M)
PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF ($18M)

Issuer League Table Update

SPDR and iShares dominate the Commodity ETF landscape, representing the top two issuers by market share at 50.59% and 33.50%, respectively. Both issuers also gathered the most weekly inflows, capturing $768M and $519M over the past five days.

Top 5 Issuers by AUM

Brand Fund Count AUM AUM Market Share
SPDR 3 $189.02B 50.59%
iShares 7 $125.16B 33.50%
aberdeen 7 $23.63B 6.32%
Invesco 9 $11.20B 3.00%
US Commodity Funds 8 $4.71B 1.26%

Top & Bottom 3 Issuers by 5-Day Flow

Brand 5-Day Flow
Inflows
SPDR $768M
iShares $519M
aberdeen $91M
Outflows
Invesco ($38M)
US Commodity Funds ($30M)
First Trust ($17M)

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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.

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