June's Top Commodity Performers and Underperformers

June's Top Commodity Performers and Underperformers reports that June 2026 saw sharp divergence across commodities and digital assets, with energy and agricultural contracts posting gains while precious metals and several benchmarks fell. ICE cocoa, ICE Arabica coffee futures, and gasoline and distillate crack spreads recorded double-digit increases. In contrast, gold, silver, platinum, palladium, WTI and Brent crude oil, Bitcoin, and Ethereum posted double-digit declines, while major stock indices were steady and long bond futures were slightly higher. The September dollar index futures rose 2.41%, and long bond futures rose 0.50%, with a stronger dollar weighing on many commodity prices. The article attributes broad energy weakness to hopes of an Iran-U.S. settlement easing Strait of Hormuz concerns, OPEC breakup signals, and withdrawals from U.S. and other strategic petroleum reserves, pushing August NYMEX WTI down 18.52% and ICE September Brent down 18.18%. Gasoline fell 2.18% and heating oil 5.95%, while crack spreads rose.