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Agriculturals bucked the trend

Commodity prices fell sharply in the wake of the sell-off in global equity markets in late-January, but have recovered much of the lost ground. The key sub-sectors of the S&P GSCI are now close to where they started the year. The main exception is agricultural commodities, which have risen by 8%.

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