Mining ETF Shares Drop Following China Fears
October 05 2018 - 9:57AM
Dow Jones News
Shares in exchange-traded funds PICK and COPX dropped by 1.5%
and 2.3% respectively on Friday morning as wobbles in China meant
negative sentiment knocked the stocks of some of their top
holdings.
--ETF iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers (PICK)
counts Anglo American PLC (AAL.LN), Glencore PLC (GLEN.LN) and BHP
Billiton PLC (BLT.LN) among its top holdings, while ETF Global X
Copper Miners (COPX) includes companies like Chile's Antofagasta
PLC (ANTO.LN).
--In particular, London-listed shares of Anglo American and BHP
were down 4.1% and 3.5% at 1,671.60 pence and 1,641.80 pence
respectively, while Antofagasta was down 4.7% at 833.40 pence.
--Analysts at Liberum and UBS say that general concerns around
China--including weak housing data and lower-than-expected
purchasing managers' index--are likely to blame for fall in the
large miners' share price, rather than anything stock specific.
--According to issuer BlackRock, PICK has net assets of $403.7
million. COPX, issued by Mirae Asset Global Investments, has net
assets of $79.1 million.
Write to Oliver Griffin at oliver.griffin@dowjones.com;
@OliGGriffin
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October 05, 2018 10:42 ET (14:42 GMT)
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