What is hot and cold in commodities this year?

SPECIAL REPORT

With commodities falling out of favour with investors in recent months, Annabelle Williams examines the outlook for five sectors of the market.

Commodity investors have been left disappointed this year following poor performance across the sector. The S&P GSCI index has been flat year-to-date, returning just 0.15%. Meanwhile, investors’ most beloved commodity, gold, is trading well below the record highs it reached last summer. This compares with the success of equity investors, who have benefited from a 11.74% rise in the FTSE 100 during the year to 8 October. The S&P 500 also rose to its highest level of 1,709 in August. However, the commodities sector covers a broad spectrum of assets, under a range of influences from w...