Barclays Capital reported a fall in the assets of commodity-linked exchange-traded products (ETPs) by $11.7 billion in May 2011, Financial Times reports. The assets held in commodity ETPs decreased to $185 billion, including withdrawal of $3.8 billion by investors.

Silver ETPs faced the maximum withdrawals from investors at about $1.7 billion in May, while Gold ETPs reported $0.9 billion outflows. Commodity index swaps also recorded $4 billion withdrawals by institutional investors.