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Citadel Defies Commodities Slump to Rack Up $4 Billion in Gains

  • Hedge fund’s gains driven by its natural gas trading
  • Performance rivals 2023 pace as competitors post declines

This picture shows the three giant gas storage tanks of Liquefied Natural Gas terminal in Fos-sur-Mer, France.

Photographer: Clement Mahoudeau/AFP/Getty Images
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Ken Griffin’s Citadel is on track to defy a sluggish year for commodities trading across Wall Street, burnishing the hedge fund’s image as a dominant force in the asset class.

Citadel’s commodities business generated about $4 billion of profit this year, driven by natural gas trading, according to people familiar with the matter. That puts it on track to rival last year’s performance.