BLACKROCK COMMODITIES INCOME INVESTMENT TRUST plc
All information is at 28 February 2015 and unaudited.
Performance at month end with net income reinvested
One Three Six One Three Five
Month Months Months Year Years Years
Net asset value 4.7% -2.0% -19.9% -12.8% -23.9% -11.0%
Share price 1.7% -7.5% -21.3% -13.9% -21.7% -5.9%
Sources: Datastream, BlackRock
At month end
Net asset value - capital only: 87.32p
Net asset value - cum income*: 88.57p
Share price: 90.00p
Premium to NAV (cum income): 1.6%
Net yield: 6.7%
Gearing - cum income: nil
Total assets^^: £94.6m
Ordinary shares in issue: 106,858,000
Gearing range (as a % of net assets): 0-20%
Ongoing charges** 1.5%
*Includes net revenue of 1.25p.
^^includes current year revenue.
** calculated as a percentage of average net assets and using expenses,
excluding any interest costs and excluding taxation for the year ended 30
November 2014.
Sector % Total Country % Total
Analysis Assets Analysis Assets
Integrated Oil 32.9 Global 38.8
Diversified 20.7 USA 20.7
Exploration & Production 11.4 Canada 13.1
Copper 8.8 Europe 9.0
Gold 6.0 Africa 5.1
Distribution 4.8 Latin America 4.6
Nickel 3.8 Asia 4.5
Coal 3.3 China 2.3
Oil Sands 2.1 Australia 2.1
Silver 2.0 Current Liabilities (0.2)
Oil Services 1.8 -----
Agriculture Science 1.1 100.0
Diamonds 0.6 =====
Iron Ore 0.5
Fertilizers 0.4
Current liabilities (0.2)
-----
100.0
=====
Ten Largest Equity Investments(in % of Total Assets order)
% Total
Company Region of Risk Assets
Rio Tinto Global 6.7
Chevron Global 6.2
ExxonMobil Global 6.2
BHP Billiton Global 4.9
Enbridge Income Canada 4.8
Royal Dutch Shell Global 4.8
Eni Europe 3.5
Glencore Global 3.5
ConocoPhillips USA 3.3
Total Global 3.2
Commenting on the markets, Olivia Markham and Tom Holl, representing the
Investment Manager noted:
February saw a strong rebound in the commodity complex with underlying
commodities rallying from their January lows. Brent crude oil rallied from $49/
bbl to $62/bbl at the end of the month and the Henry Hub gas price also
recovered modestly, rising by almost 3%. On the mining side there was a more
mixed picture. The traditional bell-weather commodity, copper, rose by 6.9%
over the month on the back of a number of supply side disruptions. Other base
metals were weaker during the quiet Chinese New Year holiday season with
aluminium, zinc and nickel falling by 2.8%, 3.4% and 7.1% respectively.
Many companies reported their financial results during the month and some key
trends began to emerge. In the mining sector, the major producers generally
exceeded expectations in terms of earnings and cashflow generation as operating
costs were successfully reduced. A function of the actions taken by the companies
and depreciating currencies such as the Australian dollar. Capital expenditures
were also cut. The strength of the results and balance sheets was demonstrated
with Rio Tinto announcing a $2bn share buyback.
In the portfolio, we rotated out of a number of Canadian listed energy
companies where the valuation was not compelling and the stocks were lacking
near or medium term catalysts. We redeployed the capital into some new US
focused stocks where the recent sell-off had presented an attractive entry
point into companies with strategic resource bases. As well as buying shares,
we also selectively wrote puts as the levels of option premium on offer were
high following recent volatile markets.
The portfolio remains tilted towards the energy sector because of the risks to
mining commodity demand from an uncertain macro-economic outlook in China and
relative valuation metrics.
20 March 2015
ENDS
Latest information is available by typing www.blackrock.co.uk/brci on the
internet, "BLRKINDEX" on Reuters, "BLRK" on Bloomberg or "8800" on Topic 3 (ICV
terminal). Neither the contents of the Manager's website nor the contents of
any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Manager's website (or any other
website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.
*A Private Investor is a recipient of the information who meets all of the conditions set out below, the recipient:
Obtains access to the information in a personal capacity;
Is not required to be regulated or supervised by a body concerned with the regulation or supervision of investment or financial services;
Is not currently registered or qualified as a professional securities trader or investment adviser with any national or state exchange, regulatory authority, professional association or recognised professional body;
Does not currently act in any capacity as an investment adviser, whether or not they have at some time been qualified to do so;
Uses the information solely in relation to the management of their personal funds and not as a trader to the public or for the investment of corporate funds;
Does not distribute, republish or otherwise provide any information or derived works to any third party in any manner or use or process information or derived works for any commercial purposes.
Please note, this site uses cookies. Some of the cookies are essential for parts of the site to operate and have already been set. You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but if you do, parts of the site may not work. To find out more about the cookies used on Investegate and how you can manage them, see our Privacy and Cookie Policy
To continue using Investegate, please confirm that you are a private investor as well as agreeing to our Privacy and Cookie Policy & Terms.