The turnover of commodity exchange-traded products (ETPs) has increased by 95% year on year (YOY), Financial News reports. ETPs turnover in the first half of 2011 reached $167 billion on an average.

Net assets of ETPs also increased by 33% YOY reaching $171 billion at end of June 2011. ETPs assets gathered $42 billion inflows between June 2010-11. They received only $8 billion in 2011 and saw $20 billion in outflows between May-June.

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