Fundology

ETF · VanEck

GIGB VanEck S&P Global Mining UCITS ETF A USD

ISIN IE00BDFBTQ78London Stock Exchange: GIGBVan Eck Associates Corp.

Latest close

LSE

£42.94

on

Ongoing charge
0.50% a year
Fund size
£1.7bn

As of , at least 15 min delayed

At a glance

As of 13/11/2026, GIGB (VanEck S&P Global Mining UCITS ETF A USD, ISIN IE00BDFBTQ78) closed at £42.94 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.50% a year (about £50 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +93.7%, or +51.2% after UK CPIH inflation.

Past returns

Total return: the change in the fund’s value with any income reinvested, after its ongoing charges. Periods to .
1 year to 13/11/2026
+11.6%
+7.6% after inflation
3 years to 13/11/2026
+87.3%
+69.2% after inflation
5 years to 13/11/2026
+93.7%
+51.2% after inflation

£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £1,937 on 13/11/2026 — about £1,512 in today’s spending power, once price rises are taken out. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK CPIH, latest month published.

How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH

Calendar-year and 12-month returns

Calendar-year returns of VanEck S&P Global Mining UCITS ETF A USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 +15.9%, 2023 −1.4%, 2024 −5.1%, 2025 +72.1%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +3.1%. Returns of VanEck S&P Global Mining UCITS ETF A USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +29.6%; to 30/09/2025: +36.5%; to 30/09/2024: +13.7%; to 30/09/2023: +2.0%; to 30/09/2022: +14.5%.

Calendar-year returns of GIGB, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund), to 13/11/2026
YearReturnAfter inflationReturn shown as a bar
to +3.1%−0.2%
to +72.1%+66.2%
to −5.1%−8.3%
−1.4%−5.3%
+15.9%+6.1%
Returns of GIGB over 12-month periods to 30/09/2026, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund)
12 months toReturnAfter inflation
from +29.6%+25.0%
from +36.5%+31.2%
from +13.7%+10.8%
from +2.0%−4.1%
from +14.5%+5.2%

As of , inflation: UK CPIH

How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing

Risk: volatility and largest fall

How far the price has swung and fallen. The same record as the returns, in pounds.

Volatility (annualised)

27.8%over 5 years

Volatility, annualised from weekly returns, by period
1 year37.4%
3 years28.8%
5 years27.8%

Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.

Largest fall since November 2021
−28.8%
From to
Lowest 12-month return
−18.1%
12 months to
Highest 12-month return
+126.4%
12 months to
Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
22.7%
High of , latest

In words: Volatility of VanEck S&P Global Mining UCITS ETF A USD in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 37.4% over 1 year, 28.8% over 3 years, 27.8% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of VanEck S&P Global Mining UCITS ETF A USD since November 2021, in pounds: −28.8% from 08/04/2022 to 15/07/2022. The lowest 12-month return of VanEck S&P Global Mining UCITS ETF A USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since January 2021 was −18.1% (12 months to 19/01/2024); the highest was +126.4% (12 months to 27/02/2026). On 13/11/2026 the price of VanEck S&P Global Mining UCITS ETF A USD was 22.7% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (27/02/2026), in pounds.

As of , price, with income reinvested in the fund

How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall

Charges compared with similar funds

The ongoing charge is taken from the fund’s value every day, so the returns on this page are already after it. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately.
Ongoing charge
0.50%
a year
On £10,000
£50
a year, roughly
Over five years
£248
of £10,000, before growth
Among 165 single-sector funds, share classes counted once
  • 114 charge less
  • 3 the same
  • 47 charge more

Ongoing charge of VanEck S&P Global Mining UCITS ETF A USD 0.50% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 47 of the 164 other single-sector funds charge more, 3 the same and 114 less (share classes counted once).

As of

A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more.

As of

Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up

In plain English

VanEck S&P Global Mining UCITS ETF A USD is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from VanEck, launched in 2018.

It tracks the EMIX Global Mining Constrained Weights Index.

You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.

Its ongoing charge is 0.5% a year — about £50 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.

Income from its investments is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

Single sectors: Funds focused on one industry — banks, energy, defence, mining and so on.

Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN

Key facts

Ticker
GIGB
ISIN
IE00BDFBTQ78
Also listed as
GDIG (London Stock Exchange, US dollars), WMIN (Xetra, euros)
Provider
VanEck
Tracks
EMIX Global Mining Constrained Weights Index
Structure
ETF
An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
Income
Accumulating
Income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
Ongoing charge
0.50% a year · about £50 on £10,000
Fund size
£1.7bn
Launched
Domicile
Ireland
UK reporting fund status
Yes — on HMRC’s list of reporting funds (list of )
Reporting fund since . What reporting fund status means
Can usually be held in
ISA and SIPP
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Currency hedged
No
Price currency
Pounds (GBP)

Price chart

Closing price
£42.94+13.5% over 1 year · closing price
GIGB closing price: £37.84 on 14/11/2025, £42.94 on 13/11/2026 (+13.5%); low £37.40, high £55.54.

Over the last year, the closing price went from £37.84 on 14/11/2025 to £42.94 on 13/11/2026 (+13.5%). The lowest close shown was £37.40 on 21/11/2025 and the highest £55.54 on 27/02/2026.

One close a week. Before 18/09/2026 the closes are from the weekly price history for this listing; from then on, the closing prices we have recorded.

As of , at least 15 min delayed

Five years of prices, and after inflation

262 weekly closes, from 12/11/2021 to 13/11/2026. The same history in November 2026 pounds, adjusted with CPIH inflation.

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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price

What it holds

As of , GIGB holds 189 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is BHP Group at 9.71% of the fund; the ten largest make up 45.4%.
Holdings
185
189 reported in all
Ten largest
45.4%
of the whole fund
Effective number of holdings
34
As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
Largest holding
9.7%
BHP Group

Top 10 holdings

Top holdings of GIGB: the ten largest, as a percentage of the whole fund, as of 13/11/2026
Rank#HoldingWeight as a percentage of the fund
1BHP GroupBHPMaterialsAustralia9.71%
2NewmontNEMMaterialsUnited States6.24%
3Agnico Eagle MinesAEMMaterialsCanada4.75%
4Rio TintoRIOMaterialsAustralia4.69%
5Freeport-McMoRanFCXMaterialsUnited States4.56%
6GlencoreGLENMaterialsAustralia3.37%
7Barrick MiningABXMaterialsCanada3.27%
8Wheaton Precious MetalsWPMMaterialsBrazil3.15%
9Anglo AmericanAALMaterialsUnited Kingdom3.14%
10Franco-NevadaFNVMaterialsCanada2.51%

As of , holdings as published

Where it invests

The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions without a classification are shown as they come, not guessed.

By sector

  1. Materials95.8%
  2. Energy4.2%
  3. Not classified0.1%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 13/11/2026.

By country

  1. Australia28.4%
  2. Canada25.9%
  3. United States16.9%
  4. Brazil5.2%
  5. United Kingdom4.7%
  6. China4.7%
  7. South Africa4.4%
  8. Mexico3.1%
  9. Other countries6.6%
  10. Not classified0.1%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 13/11/2026.

By type of asset

  1. Equity100.0%
  2. Cash and money market0.1%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 13/11/2026.

See the full portfolio

Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 100 largest and what changed since .

All 185 holdings of GIGB

More of the portfolio

The fund publishes 189 holdings; the ten largest make up 45.4% of it. The fund's portfolio is also split by currency.

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Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured

Risk and return in depth

Ratios that weigh return against its ups and downs, every rolling period rather than a few fixed ones, and each large fall with how long it took to recover.
  • Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios

    Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.

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  • Rolling returns

    The full range of 254 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 150 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.

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  • Largest falls and recoveries

    The 3 largest falls since November 2021, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.

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  • Moves compared with a similar fund

    Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF, over the three years to 13/11/2026 (154 weeks).

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Questions people ask

What is the ongoing charge of GIGB?

The ongoing charge of GIGB is 0.50% a year — about £50 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of VanEck S&P Global Mining UCITS ETF A USD 0.50% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 47 of the 164 other single-sector funds charge more, 3 the same and 114 less (share classes counted once).

What does GIGB track?

GIGB tracks the EMIX Global Mining Constrained Weights Index.

Is GIGB accumulating or distributing?

GIGB is accumulating: income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

What is the ISIN of GIGB?

The ISIN of GIGB is IE00BDFBTQ78. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; GIGB is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange. The same share class is also listed as GDIG (London Stock Exchange, US dollars) and WMIN (Xetra, euros).

What does GIGB hold?

As of 13/11/2026, GIGB holds 189 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is BHP Group at 9.71% of the fund; the ten largest make up 45.4%. Its ten largest holdings are BHP Group (9.71%), Newmont (6.24%), Agnico Eagle Mines (4.75%), Rio Tinto (4.69%), Freeport-McMoRan (4.56%), Glencore (3.37%), Barrick Mining (3.27%), Wheaton Precious Metals (3.15%), Anglo American (3.14%) and Franco-Nevada (2.51%).

What were GIGB’s returns in each of the last five years?

Calendar-year returns of GIGB in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 +15.9%, 2023 −1.4%, 2024 −5.1%, 2025 +72.1%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +3.1%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

How has GIGB done after inflation?

Over the five years to 13/11/2026 GIGB’s total return was +93.7%, or +51.2% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

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