Energy Commodities Lead While Natural Gas Surges Over Past Week

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Weekly Channel Summary

The Commodity ETF channel finished the week with $311 billion in total assets under management across 70 funds and 28 issuers. The channel experienced strong demand, gathering approximately $1.87 billion in net inflows for the week, pushing the year-to-date total to over $49 billion.

This Week’s Performance Leaders and Laggards

Energy was the standout category this week, posting a 2.91% gain, followed by Industrial Metals which rose 2.41%. On the downside, Agriculture was the only significant laggard, finishing the week down -1.05%.

Category Performance Snapshot

Category WTD 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month YTD 1 Year
Energy 2.91% 2.63% 2.30% 2.44% -3.34% 3.83%
Industrial Metals 2.41% 5.98% 16.56% 17.40% 28.21% 23.56%
Precious Metals 1.88% 8.63% 22.62% 35.02% 69.67% 65.01%
Multi-Sector 1.06% 2.57% 6.96% 10.04% 15.49% 16.99%
Shipping Freight -0.27% 17.62% 36.20% 97.87% 91.54% 74.77%
Carbon Credits -0.44% 0.71% 6.81% 15.31% 9.89% 14.43%
Agriculture -1.05% -0.68% -1.05% -4.94% -5.02% -4.86%

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by Weekly Performance

The UNG led all funds this week with a strong 9.09% return, driven by natural gas performance. Conversely, the USE and SOYB struggled, declining -2.83% and -2.41% respectively.

Ticker Fund Name WTD Performance
Top Performers
UNG United States Natural Gas Fund LP 9.09%
UNL United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund LP 8.10%
SLV iShares Silver Trust 7.77%
SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF 7.77%
CPER United States Copper Index Fund 3.72%
Bottom Performers
USE USCF Energy Commodity Strategy Absolute Return Fund -2.83%
SOYB Teucrium Soybean Fund -2.41%
CANE Teucrium Sugar Fund -2.04%
TAGS Teucrium Agricultural Fund -1.48%
TILL Teucrium Agricultural Strategy No K-1 ETF -1.43%

Analyzing the Weekly Flows

The channel attracted $1.87 billion in net inflows this week, driven almost entirely by the Precious Metals category, which pulled in $1.83 billion. Meanwhile, Energy and Agriculture saw modest outflows of $14 million and $3 million, respectively.

Category Flows Summary

Category Fund Count AUM 5 Day 30 Day 90 Day YTD 1 Year
Precious Metals 16 $290.09B $1,834M $4,280M $17,500M $46,930M $46,417M
Multi-Sector 25 $17.31B $33M $253M $724M $2,487M $2,325M
Industrial Metals 4 $0.52B $16M $0M $95M $160M $139M
Carbon Credits 4 $0.30B $5M ($3M) ($22M) ($37M) ($150M)
Shipping Freight 2 $0.04B ($2M) ($5M) ($21M) ($21M) ($14M)
Agriculture 8 $1.07B ($3M) ($4M) $11M $43M $52M
Energy 11 $2.05B ($14M) ($142M) ($137M) ($464M) ($982M)

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by 5-Day Flow

The GLD secured the top spot for inflows, gathering $692 million. In contrast, the CMDT and USO saw the largest exits, shedding $38 million and $21 million respectively.

Ticker Fund Name 5-Day Flow
Inflows
GLD SPDR Gold Shares $692M
SLV iShares Silver Trust $572M
IAU iShares Gold Trust $247M
GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust $141M
SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF $69M
Outflows
CMDT PIMCO Commodity Strategy Active ETF ($38M)
USO United States Oil Fund LP ($21M)
GSG iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust ($9M)
OILK ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil ETF ($6M)
DBC Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund ($3M)

Issuer League Table Update

SPDR and iShares continue to dominate the landscape, collectively holding over 86% of the channel’s assets. SPDR led all issuers in weekly flows, gathering $834 million.

Top 5 Issuers by AUM

Brand Fund Count AUM AUM Market Share
SPDR 3 $166.41B 53.44%
iShares 7 $102.67B 32.97%
aberdeen 7 $18.86B 6.06%
Invesco 9 $7.38B 2.37%
VanEck 3 $2.47B 0.79%

Top & Bottom 3 Issuers by 5-Day Flow

Brand 5-Day Flow
Inflows
SPDR $834M
iShares $809M
aberdeen $182M
Outflows
PIMCO -$38M
ProShares -$6M
Amplify -$2M

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Disclosures

This material is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. The information contained herein is based on internal research and data from ETF Action. Past performance is not indicative of future results. All investments involve risk, including the loss of principal.

This analysis was developed by the team at ETF Action.