Glencore (GLEN-L)
FTSE 100 · Mining · data since 2011-05-19 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
-0.07%
7d
+3.99%
30d
+2.99%
YTD
+32.18%
1y
+66.52%
Glencore (GLEN-L) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22.8 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -9.5 | 4.6 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | -0.8 | -8.9 | -12.2 | -12.8 | 16.0 | 0.1 | 7.5 | -4.1 | 16.9 | 6.7 | -1.0 | 12.7 |
| 2024 | -10.9 | -10.8 | 16.0 | 7.4 | 2.8 | -6.2 | -4.7 | -6.7 | 6.7 | -5.0 | -6.5 | -7.0 |
| 2023 | -2.0 | -8.5 | -6.2 | 0.9 | -12.2 | 8.0 | 6.5 | -10.9 | 11.5 | -7.4 | 1.5 | 6.9 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 15.4 | 13.1 | -0.5 | 5.0 | -14.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 12.8 | -2.0 |
| 2021 | 5.8 | 18.0 | -2.2 | 3.9 | 8.9 | -3.7 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 3.8 | -2.2 | 5.0 |
| 2020 | -5.5 | -13.1 | -35.9 | 18.8 | 1.9 | 14.3 | 2.0 | -3.1 | -4.9 | -3.1 | 35.9 | 10.0 |
| 2019 | 6.2 | -1.8 | 4.6 | -4.3 | -16.3 | 7.3 | -2.5 | -11.1 | 3.3 | -4.9 | 4.8 | -3.5 |
| 2018 | 3.5 | -4.3 | -8.4 | -0.9 | 6.1 | -2.7 | -7.6 | -6.3 | 5.8 | -3.9 | -9.0 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 17.7 | -1.4 | -2.8 | -3.0 | -6.1 | 0.7 | 16.4 | 7.6 | -4.9 | 6.1 | -6.5 | 14.8 |
| 2016 | -1.1 | 48.9 | 18.1 | 3.6 | -19.5 | 16.6 | 22.2 | -6.8 | 21.9 | 17.8 | 11.7 | -0.7 |
| 2015 | -16.7 | 20.6 | -4.8 | 8.6 | -7.2 | -11.3 | -18.5 | -28.7 | -38.2 | 22.9 | -14.0 | -6.4 |
| 2014 | 3.1 | 2.1 | -6.2 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 10.6 | 0.7 | -5.3 | -6.8 | 0.2 | -6.7 |
| 2013 | 12.0 | -1.5 | -8.1 | -11.0 | 2.0 | -15.8 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 1.0 | -8.9 | 0.9 |
| 2012 | 4.9 | 5.1 | -9.9 | 9.3 | -20.0 | -13.2 | 8.3 | 20.3 | -10.9 | -0.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 2011 | · | · | · | · | 0.2 | -7.5 | -3.1 | -11.4 | -4.4 | 8.7 | -9.0 | -1.6 |
| Avg | 2.7 | 4.5 | -2.6 | 1.6 | -2.3 | -2.3 | 3.2 | -3.1 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +2.7% | +4.5% | -2.6% | +1.6% | -2.3% | -2.3% | +3.1% | -3.1% | +1.1% | +2.7% | +0.7% | +1.6% |
| Win rate | 60%/15 | 47%/15 | 33%/15 | 60%/15 | 62%/16 | 44%/16 | 67%/15 | 40%/15 | 60%/15 | 53%/15 | 47%/15 | 53%/15 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-87%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±11.2%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
52%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+48.92%
2016-02
Worst month
-38.24%
2015-09
Longest streaks
6▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Glencore
Glencore supplies the raw ingredients everyone else takes credit for — with price receipts on this site going back to 2011. Since 2011 it is down 3% overall — surviving is its own genre of awesome.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was February 2016 at +48.92%; its worst, September 2015 at -38.24%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.