Commodity funds, as represented by the Newedge Commodity Trading Index (CTI), performed well in April finishing the month up 1.17 per cent.
Year-to-date, the CTI (and sub-indices) leads the Newedge Index performance with a return of 3.25 per cent.
In addition, trend strategies also exhibited positive performance last month, with the Newedge Trend Indicator faring particularly well in April, finishing the month up 3.50 per cent. This is the Indicator’s best monthly return since July of 2012.
Other indices to finish the month in positive territory include The Newedge Trend Index (1.12 per cent), and The Newedge CTA Index (0.30 per cent).
