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VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF

Fund Description

Glittering through good and bad times, gold has proved the ultimate hedge against uncertainty. The VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF invests in gold and silver miners’ stocks, which have prices strongly correlated with the gold price.

  • Gold is often seen as an investment safe haven
  • Gold miners provide the advantages of both physical gold and revenue generating companies
  • Spread portfolio risks
  • Possible protection against inflation
  • Gold miners have historically provided leveraged exposure to gold prices


Risk factors: Risk of Investing in Natural Resources Companies, Industry or Sector Concentration Risk, Risk of investing in Smaller Companies



Underlying Index

NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index (GDMNTR)

Fund Details
 

  • Fund Ticker

    GDX

  • Management Company

    VanEck Asset Management B.V.

  • Custodian

    State Street Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited

  • Domicile

    Ireland

  • UCITS Compliant

    Yes

  • Index Ticker

    GDMNTR

  • Index Provider

    ICE Data Indices, LLC

  • Rebalance Frequency

    Quarterly
1The "Net Asset Value" (NAV) of all ETFs is determined at the close of each business day, and represents the value of one share of the fund; it is calculated by taking the total assets of the fund, subtracting total liabilities, and dividing by the total number of shares outstanding. The NAV is not necessarily the same as the ETF 's intraday trading value. Investors should not expect to buy or sell ETF shares at NAV.

2The date the fund was launched prior to quotation on the stock exchange.

 
as of 20 May 2022

  • NAV1

    34.66

  • Shares Outstanding

    22,350,000

  • Number of Holdings

    56

  • Base Currency

    USD

  • Net Assets

    $774.7M

  • Product Structure

    Physical (Full Replication)

  • Income Treatment

    Reinvestment

  • Distribution Frequency

    None

  • Total Expense Ratio

    0.53%

  • SFDR Classification

    Article 6
  • Fact Sheet
  • Fund Holiday Calendar

Trading Information as of 20 May 2022

London
Stock Exchange
USD
Exchange Ticker GDX
ISIN IE00BQQP9F84
SEDOL BVYTYH4
Bloomberg GDX LN
Reuters (RIC) GDX.L
Valor 26419120
Bloomberg iNAV GDXINAV
Reuters iNAV GDXINAV=SOLA
WKN A12CCL
Trading Currency USD
Last Traded Price 34.52
Day's Move -0.10
Volume 23,774
30 Day Volume 62,501
VWAP Volume 23,774
London
Stock Exchange
GBP
Exchange Ticker GDGB
ISIN IE00BQQP9F84
SEDOL BYPCLG1
Bloomberg GDGB LN
Reuters (RIC) --
Valor 26419120
Bloomberg iNAV GDXINAV
Reuters iNAV GDXINAV=SOLA
WKN A12CCL
Trading Currency GBP
Last Traded Price 27.63
Day's Move -0.07
Volume 5,088
30 Day Volume 18,159
VWAP Volume 5,088
Deutsche
Börse
EUR
Exchange Ticker G2X
ISIN IE00BQQP9F84
SEDOL BWXBW18
Bloomberg G2X GY
Reuters (RIC) G2X.DE
Valor 26419120
Bloomberg iNAV GDXEUIV
Reuters iNAV GDXEURINAV=SOLA
WKN A12CCL
Trading Currency EUR
Last Traded Price 32.55
Day's Move -0.21
Volume 14,255
30 Day Volume 40,060
VWAP Volume 14,255
SIX
Swiss Exchange
CHF
Exchange Ticker GDX
ISIN IE00BQQP9F84
SEDOL BXVMBZ7
Bloomberg GDX SE
Reuters (RIC) GDX.S
Valor 26419120
Bloomberg iNAV GDXINAV
Reuters iNAV GDXINAV=SOLA
WKN A12CCL
Trading Currency CHF
Last Traded Price 33.80
Day's Move 0.17
Volume 370
30 Day Volume 4,276
VWAP Volume 370
BATS
USD
Exchange Ticker GDXl
ISIN IE00BQQP9F84
SEDOL BVYTYH4
Bloomberg GDXL IX
Reuters (RIC) GDXl.CHI
Valor 26419120
Bloomberg iNAV GDXINAV
Reuters iNAV GDXINAV=SOLA
WKN A12CCL
Trading Currency USD
Last Traded Price 34.44
Day's Move -0.11
Volume 775
30 Day Volume 1,063
VWAP Volume 775
BATS
GBP
Exchange Ticker GDGXx
ISIN IE00BQQP9F84
SEDOL BYPCLG1
Bloomberg GDGXX IX
Reuters (RIC) GDGXx.CHI
Valor 26419120
Bloomberg iNAV GDXINAV
Reuters iNAV GDXINAV=SOLA
WKN A12CCL
Trading Currency GBP
Last Traded Price 23.49
Day's Move 0.00
Volume 0
30 Day Volume --
VWAP Volume 0
Borsa
Italiana
EUR
Exchange Ticker GDX
ISIN IE00BQQP9F84
SEDOL --
Bloomberg GDX IM
Reuters (RIC) --
Valor 26419120
Bloomberg iNAV GDXEUIV
Reuters iNAV GDXEURINAV=SOLA
WKN A12CCL
Trading Currency EUR
Last Traded Price 32.65
Day's Move -0.05
Volume 18,346
30 Day Volume 23,524
VWAP Volume 18,346

NAVs as of 20 May 2022

Base
Currency 		NAV Daily
Change
NAV 		YTD
Change
NAV 		NAV Price
History 		Total
Expense
Ratio
GDX USD $34.66 $0.21 / +0.60% +0.38%
0.53

Performance History* (%)

View All ETFs View All Indices
Month End as of 30 Apr 2022 1 MO* 3 MO* YTD* 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR ETF INCEPTION
ETF (NAV) -8.21 16.75 10.09 4.18 20.06 10.40 -- 9.47
GDMNTR (Index) -8.18 16.78 10.17 4.47 20.57 10.87 -1.55 9.95
Performance Differential (NAV - Index) -0.03 -0.03 -0.08 -0.29 -0.51 -0.47 -- -0.48
Quarter End as of 31 Mar 2022 1 MO* 3 MO* YTD* 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR ETF INCEPTION
ETF (NAV) 11.35 19.95 19.95 20.52 20.64 11.86 -- 10.93
GDMNTR (Index) 11.37 19.99 19.99 20.88 21.16 12.33 -1.36 11.42
Performance Differential (NAV - Index) -0.02 -0.04 -0.04 -0.36 -0.52 -0.47 -- -0.49
Calendar Year as of 31 Dec 2021 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
ETF (NAV) 11.64 -9.03 40.16 23.09 -9.72
GDMNTR (Index) 12.15 -8.67 40.89 23.69 -9.37

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*Periods greater than one year are annualised.

Performance quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than average annual returns shown. Discrete performance shows 12 month performance to the most recent Quarter end for each of the last 5yrs where available. E.g. '1st year' shows the most recent of these 12-month periods and '2nd year' shows the previous 12 month period and so on.

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Top 10 Holdings (%) as of 30 Apr 2022 View All Holdings »

Total Holdings: 57
Holding Name
Ticker
Shares Market Value
(USD) 		% of Net
Assets
NEWMONT CORP
NEM US
1,818,291
132,462,499 15.42
BARRICK GOLD CORP
GOLD US
4,082,438
91,079,192 10.60
FRANCO-NEVADA CORP
FNV US
438,665
66,308,601 7.72
AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD
AEM US
1,043,419
60,758,288 7.07
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS CORP
WPM US
1,033,629
46,368,597 5.40
NEWCREST MINING LTD
NCM AU
2,125,837
40,608,330 4.73
GOLD FIELDS LTD
GFI US
2,533,475
34,024,569 3.96
ROYAL GOLD INC
RGLD US
203,829
26,595,608 3.10
ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO LTD
2899 HK
17,820,000
26,572,778 3.09
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD
AU US
1,298,551
26,516,411 3.09
Top 10 Total (%) 64.18
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Country Weightings (%) as of 30 Apr 2022

  • Country

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    Canada

    41.02
  • ■

    United States

    19.86
  • ■

    Australia

    13.60
  • ■

    Brazil

    7.31
  • ■

    South Africa

    5.12
  • ■

    China

    3.99
  • ■

    Other/Cash

    9.10

Sector Weightings (%) as of 30 Apr 2022

  • Sector

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    Materials

    99.9
  • ■

    Other/Cash

    0.1

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