Commodity ETFs Pull in $339M as Shipping Freight Surges 24%

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Weekly Channel Summary

The Commodity ETF channel, consisting of 70 ETFs from 28 issuers, manages a total of $342.65 Billion in assets. For the past week, the channel saw net inflows of $339 Million, bringing the Year-to-Date total to a net outflow of -$552 Million.

This Week’s Performance Leaders and Laggards

Shipping Freight was the standout category this week, delivering a substantial return of 24.16%. Precious Metals and Industrial Metals also posted strong gains. Conversely, Carbon Credits was the only category to finish in negative territory, down -0.87%.

Category Performance Snapshot

Category WTD 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month YTD 1 Year
Shipping Freight 24.16% 5.43% 43.61% 87.83% 19.29% 115.29%
Precious Metals 4.78% 16.22% 22.93% 54.11% 6.92% 92.90%
Industrial Metals 4.72% 13.56% 18.77% 26.12% 5.13% 41.60%
Multi-Sector 2.48% 3.33% 5.23% 10.34% 2.43% 16.81%
Agriculture 1.31% -0.22% -0.35% -2.14% 0.77% -4.48%
Energy 0.57% -1.96% -4.32% -6.74% 0.29% -11.93%
Carbon Credits -0.87% 4.54% 6.43% 18.97% 0.66% 18.24%

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by Weekly Performance

The BWET (Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF) surged 45.14%, leading all funds this week. At the other end of the spectrum, UNG and UNL, both Natural Gas funds, saw the steepest declines, dropping -12.37% and -9.22% respectively.

Ticker Fund Name WTD Performance
Top Performers
BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF 45.14%
PALL abrdn Physical Palladium Shares ETF 11.69%
PLTM GraniteShares Platinum Trust 7.03%
PPLT abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF 7.02%
TMET iShares Transition-Enabling Metals ETF 6.51%
Bottom Performers
UNG United States Natural Gas Fund LP -12.37%
UNL United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund LP -9.22%
KCCA KraneShares California Carbon Allowance Strategy ETF -4.07%
KRBN KraneShares Global Carbon Strategy ETF -1.00%
CTWO COtwo Advisors Physical European Carbon Allowance Trust 0.57%

Analyzing the Weekly Flows

The channel attracted $339 Million in net new assets this week. The Multi-Sector – Broad Market category led the way with $240 Million in inflows. Conversely, the Precious Metals category experienced the largest outflows, shedding -$67 Million.

Category Flows Summary

Category Fund Count AUM 5 Day 30 Day 90 Day YTD 1 Year
Commodity: Multi-Sector – Broad Market 25 $17.02B $240M $588M $912M $259M $3,003M
Commodity: Focused – Energy 11 $2.02B $92M $204M $125M $91M ($244M)
Commodity: Focused – Industrial Metals 4 $0.77B $74M $188M $249M $75M $372M
Commodity: Focused – Agriculture 8 $1.03B $4M ($30M) ($35M) $0M $4M
Commodity: Specialty – Shipping Freight 2 $0.04B ($1M) ($5M) ($12M) ($1M) ($29M)
Commodity: Specialty – Carbon Credits 4 $0.31B ($4M) ($6M) ($12M) ($4M) ($44M)
Commodity: Focused – Precious Metals 16 $321.46B ($67M) $5,753M $13,518M ($973M) $52,763M

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by 5-Day Flow

GLDM led individual ETF inflows, gathering $388 Million for the week. In contrast, SLV and IAU saw the heaviest selling, with outflows of -$298 Million and -$214 Million respectively.

Ticker Fund Name 5-Day Flow
Inflows
GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust $388M
BCI abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K-1 Free ETF $121M
UNG United States Natural Gas Fund LP $73M
SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF $68M
CPER United States Copper Index Fund $57M
Outflows
SLV iShares Silver Trust ($298M)
IAU iShares Gold Trust ($214M)
PPLT abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF ($83M)
GLD SPDR Gold Shares ($80M)
DBC Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund ($21M)

Issuer League Table Update

SPDR remains the dominant issuer with 52.10% market share and also led in gathering new assets this week. iShares holds the second spot in market share but saw the largest net outflows.

Top 5 Issuers by AUM

Brand Fund Count AUM AUM Market Share
SPDR 3 $178.53B 52.10%
iShares 7 $117.79B 34.38%
aberdeen 7 $22.28B 6.50%
Invesco 9 $7.34B 2.14%
VanEck 3 $2.64B 0.77%

Top & Bottom 3 Issuers by 5-Day Flow

Brand 5-Day Flow
Inflows
SPDR $324M
aberdeen $178M
US Commodity Funds $149M
Outflows
iShares ($446M)
Invesco ($13M)
Direxion ($5M)

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Disclosures

This material is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. The information contained herein is not a recommendation to buy or sell any securities. All investments involve risk, including the loss of principal. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

This analysis was developed by the team at ETF Action using their proprietary platform. Data is sourced from ETF Action, Inc. and FactSet Research Systems. All data is as of the date of the report. ETF Action, Inc. makes no guarantees regarding the accuracy or completeness of the information provided.