Commodities speculators panicked in June as the Chinese market rout took hold, and pulled the money they had just put in.
According to a note from Barclays analysts, inflows into financial derivatives linked to commodities totalled more than $1 billion (£650 million) in April and May, but that was quickly reversed in June, as investors pulled $1.6 billion (£1 billion) during the crash.
Here are the main points:
- Energy had the biggest outflow at more than $900 million (£581 million), as investors lost interest in oil due to consistently weak prices.
- Precious metals lost more than $350 million (£226 million).
- Agriculture and base metals saw outflows of about $200 million (£129 million) each.
This chart also shows the just how fast commodities prices collapsed compared to 2014:
Barclays
When compared to the Shanghai composite stock market, you can see just how closely linked commdoties and the Chinese stock market is:
Bloomberg