Nine Barclays Bank ETCs Launched on Xetra

Release date: Feb 25, 2010

Nine exchange traded commodities (ETCs) issued by Barclays Bank have been tradable on Xetra® since Thursday, under the product name iPath.

Seven of the nine ETCs track the performance of sub-indices of the S&P GSCI Total Return Index. These indices track the performance of agricultural products and commodities, grains, livestock, industrial metals, precious metals and the energy sector. Investors can also track the performance of the commodities index S&P GSCI Total Return with the iPath S&P GSCI Total Return ETN. The index comprises agricultural products, energy, livestock, and industrial and precious metals.

Another of the ETCs tracks the performance of the Dow Jones–UBS Commodity Index, which contains energy, liquid fuels, precious and industrial metals, grains, livestock, and agricultural commodities and products.

iPath Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return ETN

DE000BC1C7J1

iPath S&P GSCI Agriculture Index Total Return ETN

DE000BC1DBJ5

iPath S&P GSCI Energy Index Total Return ETN

DE000BC1DBH9

iPath S&P GSCI Grains Index Total Return ETN

DE000BC1DBK3

iPath S&P GSCI Total Return ETN

DE000BC1DBG1

iPath S&P GSCI Industrial Metals Index Total Return ETN

DE000BC1C7K9

iPath S&P GSCI Livestock Index Total Return ETN

DE000BC1DBM9

iPath S&P GSCI Precious Metals Index Total Return ETN

DE000BC1C7L7

iPath S&P GSCI Softs Index Total Return ETN

DE000BC1DBL1

The Xetra ETC segment product range currently comprises 151 products from four issuers. The monthly trading volume of ETCs averages around €400 million.

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