| Share Class | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
| Class A | $ |
| * |
|
Fund Size (Millions) |
Number of Holdings |
Portfolio Turnover |
| $ |
| Not FDIC Insured. Not Bank-Guaranteed. May Lose Value |
| Share Class | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
| Class C | $ |
| * |
|
Fund Size (Millions) |
Number of Holdings |
Portfolio Turnover |
| $ |
| Not FDIC Insured. Not Bank-Guaranteed. May Lose Value |
| Share Class | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
| Class I | $ |
| * |
|
Fund Size (Millions) |
Number of Holdings |
Portfolio Turnover |
| $ |
| Not FDIC Insured. Not Bank-Guaranteed. May Lose Value |
| Share Class | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
| Class Y | $ |
| * |
|
Fund Size (Millions) |
Number of Holdings |
Portfolio Turnover |
| $ |
| Not FDIC Insured. Not Bank-Guaranteed. May Lose Value |
| Item 2. | Code of Ethics. |
Not applicable.
| Item 3. | Audit Committee Financial Expert. |
Not applicable.
| Item 4. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services. |
Not applicable.
| Item 5. | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants. |
Not applicable.
| Item 6. | Investments. |
Not applicable.
|
Class
|
Ticker
|
|
A
|
DNLAX
|
|
C
|
DLDCX
|
|
I
|
DLDRX
|
|
Y
|
DLDYX
|

|
3
| |
|
3
| |
|
6
| |
|
7
| |
|
8
| |
|
10
| |
|
14
| |
|
20
| |
|
21
| |
|
22
| |
|
23
|
|
Description
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
Value
($) |
|
Common
Stocks — 98.8% | |||||
|
Agricultural
& Farm Machinery — 2.3% | |||||
|
AGCO
Corp. |
|
|
|
208,698
|
19,319,174
|
|
Deere
& Co. |
|
|
|
14,243
|
6,684,952
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,004,126
|
|
Agricultural
Products & Services — 3.8% | |||||
|
Darling
Ingredients, Inc. (a)
|
|
|
|
1,386,936
|
43,327,881
|
|
Coal
& Consumable Fuels — 1.5% | |||||
|
Cameco
Corp. (b)
|
|
|
|
409,944
|
16,873,295
|
|
Commodity
Chemicals — 3.0% | |||||
|
Methanex
Corp. |
|
|
|
793,352
|
27,838,721
|
|
Tronox
Holdings PLC |
|
|
|
831,619
|
5,854,598
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,693,319
|
|
Copper
— 8.6% | |||||
|
Capstone
Copper Corp. (a)
|
|
|
|
8,260,730
|
42,536,402
|
|
Freeport-McMoRan,
Inc. |
|
|
|
1,439,388
|
54,495,230
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
97,031,632
|
|
Diversified
Metals & Mining — 9.4% | |||||
|
Anglo
American PLC |
|
|
|
1,564,189
|
43,340,607
|
|
Ivanhoe
Mines Ltd., Cl. A (a)
|
|
|
|
562,250
|
4,774,466
|
|
Rio
Tinto PLC |
|
|
|
543,309
|
32,188,947
|
|
Teck
Resources Ltd., Cl. B |
|
|
|
716,767
|
26,111,822
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
106,415,842
|
|
Fertilizers
& Agricultural Chemicals — 2.9% | |||||
|
CF
Industries Holdings, Inc. |
|
|
|
410,697
|
32,095,970
|
|
Integrated
Oil & Gas — 8.6% | |||||
|
BP
PLC, ADR |
|
|
|
1,474,205
|
49,813,387
|
|
Suncor
Energy, Inc. |
|
|
|
1,205,690
|
46,684,317
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
96,497,704
|
|
Metal,
Glass & Plastic Containers — 2.4% | |||||
|
Crown
Holdings, Inc. |
|
|
|
297,755
|
26,577,611
|
|
Oil
& Gas Equipment & Services — 1.7% | |||||
|
Weatherford
International PLC |
|
|
|
357,818
|
19,161,154
|
|
Oil
& Gas Exploration & Production — 27.9% | |||||
|
Antero
Resources Corp. (a)
|
|
|
|
644,624
|
26,068,595
|
|
Canadian
Natural Resources Ltd. (b)
|
|
|
|
1,792,787
|
55,164,594
|
|
ConocoPhillips
|
|
|
|
219,906
|
23,094,528
|
|
Crescent
Energy Co., Cl. A |
|
|
|
3,999,801
|
44,957,763
|
|
Diamondback
Energy, Inc. |
|
|
|
332,622
|
53,179,605
|
|
EQT
Corp. |
|
|
|
464,430
|
24,814,495
|
|
Expand
Energy Corp. |
|
|
|
246,936
|
27,488,916
|
|
Permian
Resources Corp. |
|
|
|
3,805,831
|
52,710,759
|
|
Venture
Global, Inc., Cl. A (b)
|
|
|
|
622,515
|
6,411,904
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
313,891,159
|
|
Oil
& Gas Refining & Marketing — 8.5% | |||||
|
Marathon
Petroleum Corp. |
|
|
|
221,162
|
32,221,092
|
|
PBF
Energy, Inc., Cl. A |
|
|
|
597,193
|
11,400,414
|
|
Phillips
66 |
|
|
|
425,091
|
52,490,237
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
96,111,743
|
|
Description
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
Value
($) |
|
Common
Stocks — 98.8% (continued) | |||||
|
Oil
& Gas Storage & Transportation — .5% | |||||
|
Frontline
PLC (b)
|
|
|
|
356,613
|
5,295,703
|
|
Paper
& Plastic Packaging Products & Materials — 9.2% | |||||
|
Amcor
PLC (b)
|
|
|
|
1,474,732
|
14,304,900
|
|
International
Paper Co. |
|
|
|
1,016,180
|
54,213,203
|
|
Smurfit
WestRock PLC |
|
|
|
779,066
|
35,104,714
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
103,622,817
|
|
Precious
Metals & Minerals — 1.3% | |||||
|
Impala
Platinum Holdings Ltd., ADR (a),(b)
|
|
|
|
2,148,244
|
14,822,884
|
|
Silver
— .3% | |||||
|
Pan
American Silver Corp. |
|
|
|
113,671
|
2,936,122
|
|
Steel
— 6.9% | |||||
|
ArcelorMittal
SA (b)
|
|
|
|
1,479,443
|
42,681,930
|
|
Cleveland-Cliffs,
Inc. (a),(b)
|
|
|
|
2,447,808
|
20,120,982
|
|
Nucor
Corp. |
|
|
|
128,567
|
15,471,753
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
78,274,665
|
|
Total
Common Stocks
(cost
$1,149,813,368) |
|
|
|
|
1,112,633,627
|
|
|
|
1-Day
Yield
(%) |
|
|
|
|
Investment
Companies — 1.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Registered
Investment Companies — 1.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dreyfus
Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, Institutional
Shares(c)
(cost
$12,466,841) |
|
4.44
|
|
12,466,841
|
12,466,841
|
|
Investment
of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned — 1.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Registered
Investment Companies — 1.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dreyfus
Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, Institutional
Shares(c)
(cost
$13,705,149) |
|
4.44
|
|
13,705,149
|
13,705,149
|
|
Total
Investments (cost $1,175,985,358)
|
|
|
|
101.1
% |
1,138,805,617
|
|
Liabilities,
Less Cash and Receivables |
|
|
|
(1.1
%) |
(11,860,999
) |
|
Net
Assets |
|
|
|
100.0
% |
1,126,944,618
|
|
ADR—American
Depositary Receipt |
|
(a)
|
Non-income
producing security. |
|
(b)
|
Security,
or portion thereof, on loan. At March 31, 2025, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $58,262,695 and the value of the
collateral was
$60,380,199,
consisting of cash collateral of $13,705,149 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $46,675,050. In addition, the
value of
collateral
may include pending sales that are also on loan. |
|
(c)
|
Investment
in affiliated issuer. The investment objective of this investment company is publicly available and can be found within the investment
company’s
prospectus.
|
|
Affiliated
Issuers | |||||
|
Description
|
Value
($)
9/30/2024
|
Purchases
($)†
|
Sales
($) |
Value
($)
3/31/2025
|
Dividends/
Distributions
($) |
|
Registered
Investment Companies - 1.1% | |||||
|
Dreyfus
Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money
Market
Fund, Institutional Shares - 1.1% |
1,733,301
|
256,042,637
|
(245,309,097)
|
12,466,841
|
238,122
|
|
Affiliated
Issuers (continued) | |||||
|
Description
|
Value
($)
9/30/2024
|
Purchases
($)†
|
Sales
($) |
Value
($)
3/31/2025
|
Dividends/
Distributions
($) |
|
Investment
of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - 1.2% | |||||
|
Dreyfus
Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money
Market
Fund, Institutional Shares - 1.2% |
34,174,020
|
379,309,784
|
(399,778,655)
|
13,705,149
|
148,199††
|
|
Total
- 2.3% |
35,907,321
|
635,352,421
|
(645,087,752)
|
26,171,990
|
386,321
|
|
†
|
Includes
reinvested dividends/distributions. |
|
††
|
Represents
securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment
expenses, and
other
payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
|
|
Cost
|
Value
|
|
Assets
($): |
|
|
|
Investments
in securities—See Statement of Investments
(including
securities on loan, valued at $58,262,695)—Note
1(c): |
|
|
|
Unaffiliated
issuers |
1,149,813,368
|
1,112,633,627
|
|
Affiliated
issuers |
26,171,990
|
26,171,990
|
|
Cash
|
|
59,913
|
|
Cash
denominated in foreign currency |
2,255,582
|
2,223,942
|
|
Dividends
and securities lending income receivable |
|
2,632,081
|
|
Receivable
for shares of Beneficial Interest subscribed |
|
925,968
|
|
Tax
reclaim receivable—Note 1(b)
|
|
387,330
|
|
Prepaid
expenses |
|
59,395
|
|
|
|
1,145,094,246
|
|
Liabilities
($): |
|
|
|
Due
to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and affiliates—Note
3(c)
|
|
814,834
|
|
Liability
for securities on loan—Note 1(c)
|
|
13,705,149
|
|
Payable
for shares of Beneficial Interest redeemed |
|
3,325,733
|
|
Trustees’
fees and expenses payable |
|
5,973
|
|
Interest
payable—Note 2 |
|
5,250
|
|
Other
accrued expenses |
|
292,689
|
|
|
|
18,149,628
|
|
Net
Assets ($) |
|
1,126,944,618
|
|
Composition
of Net Assets ($): |
|
|
|
Paid-in
capital |
|
1,138,664,709
|
|
Total
distributable earnings (loss) |
|
(11,720,091
) |
|
Net
Assets ($) |
|
1,126,944,618
|
|
Net
Asset Value Per Share |
Class
A |
Class
C |
Class
I |
Class
Y |
|
Net
Assets ($) |
122,958,845
|
18,281,322
|
938,626,651
|
47,077,800
|
|
Shares
Outstanding |
3,058,904
|
513,841
|
22,438,329
|
1,124,160
|
|
Net
Asset Value Per Share ($) |
40.20
|
35.58
|
41.83
|
41.88
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
Income ($): |
|
|
Income:
|
|
|
Cash
dividends (net of $446,213 foreign taxes withheld at source): |
|
|
Unaffiliated
issuers |
14,796,718
|
|
Affiliated
issuers |
238,122
|
|
Affiliated
income net of rebates from securities lending—Note
1(c)
|
148,199
|
|
Interest
|
9,916
|
|
Total
Income |
15,192,955
|
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
Management
fee—Note 3(a)
|
4,855,758
|
|
Shareholder
servicing costs—Note 3(c)
|
998,297
|
|
Distribution
Plan fees—Note 3(b)
|
88,571
|
|
Registration
fees |
76,801
|
|
Prospectus
and shareholders’ reports |
57,812
|
|
Professional
fees |
48,930
|
|
Trustees’
fees and expenses—Note 3(d)
|
27,548
|
|
Custodian
fees—Note 3(c)
|
20,759
|
|
Chief
Compliance Officer fees—Note 3(c)
|
15,814
|
|
Loan
commitment fees—Note 2 |
15,395
|
|
Interest
expense—Note 2 |
13,069
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
18,868
|
|
Total
Expenses |
6,237,622
|
|
Net
Investment Income |
8,955,333
|
|
Realized
and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments—Note 4 ($):
|
|
|
Net
realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions |
62,885,417
|
|
Net
change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency transactions |
(198,717,025
) |
|
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments |
(135,831,608
) |
|
Net
(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
(126,876,275
) |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
March
31, 2025
(Unaudited) |
Year
Ended
September
30, 2024
|
|
| ||
|
Operations
($): |
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
8,955,333
|
16,371,124
|
|
Net
realized gain (loss) on investments |
62,885,417
|
78,786,213
|
|
Net
change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments |
(198,717,025)
|
(47,017,272)
|
|
Net
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
(126,876,275)
|
48,140,065
|
|
Distributions
($): |
|
|
|
Distributions
to shareholders: |
|
|
|
Class
A |
(9,548,955)
|
(18,587,063)
|
|
Class
C |
(1,713,466)
|
(3,720,519)
|
|
Class
I |
(75,690,334)
|
(95,188,244)
|
|
Class
Y |
(3,288,335)
|
(6,145,327)
|
|
Total
Distributions |
(90,241,090)
|
(123,641,153)
|
|
Beneficial
Interest Transactions ($): |
|
|
|
Net
proceeds from shares sold: |
|
|
|
Class
A |
27,141,512
|
57,870,983
|
|
Class
C |
1,725,276
|
4,583,587
|
|
Class
I |
206,993,922
|
775,431,840
|
|
Class
Y |
12,478,843
|
30,383,801
|
|
Distributions
reinvested: |
|
|
|
Class
A |
8,497,190
|
17,486,811
|
|
Class
C |
1,277,009
|
2,769,271
|
|
Class
I |
68,718,707
|
88,939,341
|
|
Class
Y |
3,072,010
|
5,571,477
|
|
Cost
of shares redeemed: |
|
|
|
Class
A |
(42,812,844)
|
(85,735,193)
|
|
Class
C |
(7,950,648)
|
(11,226,571)
|
|
Class
I |
(334,396,381)
|
(596,801,259)
|
|
Class
Y |
(14,140,114)
|
(36,296,634)
|
|
Increase
(Decrease) in Net Assets from Beneficial Interest
Transactions
|
(69,395,518)
|
252,977,454
|
|
Total
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
(286,512,883)
|
177,476,366
|
|
Net
Assets ($): |
|
|
|
Beginning
of Period |
1,413,457,501
|
1,235,981,135
|
|
End
of Period |
1,126,944,618
|
1,413,457,501
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended
March
31, 2025 (Unaudited) |
Year
Ended
September
30, 2024 |
|
| ||
|
Capital
Share Transactions (Shares): |
|
|
|
Class
A(a),(b)
|
|
|
|
Shares
sold |
620,073
|
1,232,862
|
|
Shares
issued for distributions reinvested |
191,853
|
419,952
|
|
Shares
redeemed |
(971,469)
|
(1,869,293)
|
|
Net
Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding |
(159,543)
|
(216,479)
|
|
Class
C(a)
|
|
|
|
Shares
sold |
43,187
|
110,946
|
|
Shares
issued for distributions reinvested |
32,511
|
74,363
|
|
Shares
redeemed |
(204,974)
|
(271,853)
|
|
Net
Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding |
(129,276)
|
(86,544)
|
|
Class
I(b)
|
|
|
|
Shares
sold |
4,511,622
|
16,421,026
|
|
Shares
issued for distributions reinvested |
1,491,938
|
2,058,781
|
|
Shares
redeemed |
(7,318,794)
|
(12,482,124)
|
|
Net
Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding |
(1,315,234)
|
5,997,683
|
|
Class
Y |
|
|
|
Shares
sold |
273,769
|
621,509
|
|
Shares
issued for distributions reinvested |
66,652
|
128,909
|
|
Shares
redeemed |
(296,870)
|
(745,077)
|
|
Net
Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding |
43,551
|
5,341
|
|
(a)
|
During
the period ended September 30, 2024, 33 Class C shares representing $1,460 were automatically converted to 30 Class A shares.
|
|
(b)
|
During
the period ended September 30, 2024, 14,452 Class A shares representing $630,595 were exchanged for 13,918 Class I shares.
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended
March
31, 2025
(Unaudited)
|
Year
Ended September 30, | ||||
|
Class
A Shares |
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
| |
|
Per
Share Data ($): |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
47.73
|
52.38
|
47.45
|
39.02
|
25.18
|
27.79
|
|
Investment
Operations: |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Net
investment income(a)
|
.26
|
.46
|
.73
|
.86
|
.45
|
.30
|
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments
|
(4.65
) |
.50
|
9.10
|
9.63
|
13.67
|
(2.33
) |
|
Total
from Investment Operations |
(4.39
) |
.96
|
9.83
|
10.49
|
14.12
|
(2.03
) |
|
Distributions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
from net investment income |
(.52
) |
(1.04
) |
(.68
) |
(.49
) |
(.28
) |
(.58
) |
|
Dividends
from net realized gain on investments |
(2.62
) |
(4.57
) |
(4.22
) |
(1.57
) |
-
|
-
|
|
Total
Distributions |
(3.14
) |
(5.61
) |
(4.90
) |
(2.06
) |
(.28
) |
(.58
) |
|
Net
asset value, end of period |
40.20
|
47.73
|
52.38
|
47.45
|
39.02
|
25.18
|
|
Total
Return (%)(b)
|
(9.82
)(c)
|
3.42
|
20.99
|
28.32
|
56.46
|
(7.50
) |
|
Ratios/Supplemental
Data (%): |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of total expenses to average net assets |
1.16
(d)
|
1.16
|
1.15
|
1.14
|
1.20
|
1.26
|
|
Ratio
of net expenses to average net assets |
1.16
(d)
|
1.16
(e)
|
1.15
(e)
|
1.14
|
1.20
|
1.26
|
|
Ratio
of net investment income to average net assets |
1.17
(d)
|
.98
(e)
|
1.41
(e)
|
1.75
|
1.28
|
1.17
|
|
Portfolio
Turnover Rate |
54.87
(c)
|
103.94
|
89.32
|
76.19
|
99.02
|
76.09
|
|
Net
Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000) |
122,959
|
153,631
|
179,911
|
172,540
|
83,204
|
41,605
|
|
(a)
|
Based
on average shares outstanding. |
|
(b)
|
Exclusive
of sales charge. |
|
(c)
|
Not
annualized. |
|
(d)
|
Annualized.
|
|
(e)
|
Amount
inclusive of reductions in fees due to earnings credits. |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
March
31, 2025
(Unaudited)
|
Year
Ended September 30, | ||||
|
Class
C Shares |
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
| |
|
Per
Share Data ($): |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
42.44
|
47.23
|
43.21
|
35.73
|
23.15
|
25.52
|
|
Investment
Operations: |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Net
investment income(a)
|
.08
|
.12
|
.31
|
.43
|
.17
|
.09
|
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments
|
(4.11
) |
.41
|
8.28
|
8.86
|
12.59
|
(2.14
) |
|
Total
from Investment Operations |
(4.03
) |
.53
|
8.59
|
9.29
|
12.76
|
(2.05
) |
|
Distributions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
from net investment income |
(.21
) |
(.75
) |
(.35
) |
(.24
) |
(.18
) |
(.32
) |
|
Dividends
from net realized gain on investments |
(2.62
) |
(4.57
) |
(4.22
) |
(1.57
) |
-
|
-
|
|
Total
Distributions |
(2.83
) |
(5.32
) |
(4.57
) |
(1.81
) |
(.18
) |
(.32
) |
|
Net
asset value, end of period |
35.58
|
42.44
|
47.23
|
43.21
|
35.73
|
23.15
|
|
Total
Return (%)(b)
|
(10.13
)(c)
|
2.71
|
20.11
|
27.37
|
55.36
|
(8.15
) |
|
Ratios/Supplemental
Data (%): |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of total expenses to average net assets |
1.87
(d)
|
1.87
|
1.87
|
1.87
|
1.91
|
1.98
|
|
Ratio
of net expenses to average net assets |
1.87
(d)
|
1.87
(e)
|
1.87
(e)
|
1.87
|
1.91
|
1.98
|
|
Ratio
of net investment income to average net assets |
.42
(d)
|
.27
(e)
|
.67
(e)
|
.96
|
.52
|
.40
|
|
Portfolio
Turnover Rate |
54.87
(c)
|
103.94
|
89.32
|
76.19
|
99.02
|
76.09
|
|
Net
Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000) |
18,281
|
27,294
|
34,465
|
26,796
|
15,790
|
8,702
|
|
(a)
|
Based
on average shares outstanding. |
|
(b)
|
Exclusive
of sales charge. |
|
(c)
|
Not
annualized. |
|
(d)
|
Annualized.
|
|
(e)
|
Amount
inclusive of reductions in fees due to earnings credits. |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
March
31, 2025
(Unaudited)
|
Year
Ended September 30, | ||||
|
Class
I Shares |
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
| |
|
Per
Share Data ($): |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
49.63
|
54.25
|
48.96
|
40.19
|
25.92
|
28.59
|
|
Investment
Operations: |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Net
investment income(a)
|
.33
|
.64
|
.88
|
.97
|
.53
|
.38
|
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments
|
(4.85
) |
.50
|
9.40
|
9.93
|
14.10
|
(2.39
) |
|
Total
from Investment Operations |
(4.52
) |
1.14
|
10.28
|
10.90
|
14.63
|
(2.01
) |
|
Distributions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
from net investment income |
(.66
) |
(1.19
) |
(.77
) |
(.56
) |
(.36
) |
(.66
) |
|
Dividends
from net realized gain on investments |
(2.62
) |
(4.57
) |
(4.22
) |
(1.57
) |
-
|
-
|
|
Total
Distributions |
(3.28
) |
(5.76
) |
(4.99
) |
(2.13
) |
(.36
) |
(.66
) |
|
Net
asset value, end of period |
41.83
|
49.63
|
54.25
|
48.96
|
40.19
|
25.92
|
|
Total
Return (%) |
(9.73
)(b)
|
3.71
|
21.27
|
28.58
|
56.88
|
(7.23
) |
|
Ratios/Supplemental
Data (%): |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of total expenses to average net assets |
.93
(c)
|
.89
|
.90
|
.91
|
.96
|
1.00
|
|
Ratio
of net expenses to average net assets |
.93
(c)
|
.89
(d)
|
.90
(d)
|
.91
|
.96
|
1.00
|
|
Ratio
of net investment income to average net assets |
1.42
(c)
|
1.30
(d)
|
1.65
(d)
|
1.94
|
1.48
|
1.44
|
|
Portfolio
Turnover Rate |
54.87
(b)
|
103.94
|
89.32
|
76.19
|
99.02
|
76.09
|
|
Net
Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000) |
938,627
|
1,178,834
|
963,187
|
633,212
|
355,451
|
218,549
|
|
(a)
|
Based
on average shares outstanding. |
|
(b)
|
Not
annualized. |
|
(c)
|
Annualized.
|
|
(d)
|
Amount
inclusive of reductions in fees due to earnings credits. |
|
|
Six
Months Ended
March
31, 2025
(Unaudited)
|
Year
Ended September 30, | ||||
|
Class
Y Shares |
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
| |
|
Per
Share Data ($): |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
49.69
|
54.33
|
49.02
|
40.23
|
25.94
|
28.63
|
|
Investment
Operations: |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Net
investment income(a)
|
.36
|
.67
|
.93
|
1.10
|
.61
|
.40
|
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments
|
(4.85
) |
.51
|
9.41
|
9.85
|
14.07
|
(2.39
) |
|
Total
from Investment Operations |
(4.49
) |
1.18
|
10.34
|
10.95
|
14.68
|
(1.99
) |
|
Distributions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
from net investment income |
(.70
) |
(1.25
) |
(.81
) |
(.59
) |
(.39
) |
(.70
) |
|
Dividends
from net realized gain on investments |
(2.62
) |
(4.57
) |
(4.22
) |
(1.57
) |
-
|
-
|
|
Total
Distributions |
(3.32
) |
(5.82
) |
(5.03
) |
(2.16
) |
(.39
) |
(.70
) |
|
Net
asset value, end of period |
41.88
|
49.69
|
54.33
|
49.02
|
40.23
|
25.94
|
|
Total
Return (%) |
(9.67
)(b)
|
3.80
|
21.40
|
28.73
|
57.02
|
(7.14
) |
|
Ratios/Supplemental
Data (%): |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of total expenses to average net assets |
.80
(c)
|
.80
|
.80
|
.82
|
.85
|
.87
|
|
Ratio
of net expenses to average net assets |
.80
(c)
|
.80
(d)
|
.80
(d)
|
.82
|
.85
|
.87
|
|
Ratio
of net investment income to average net assets |
1.58
(c)
|
1.36
(d)
|
1.74
(d)
|
2.16
|
1.63
|
1.52
|
|
Portfolio
Turnover Rate |
54.87
(b)
|
103.94
|
89.32
|
76.19
|
99.02
|
76.09
|
|
Net
Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000) |
47,078
|
53,699
|
58,418
|
47,674
|
16,205
|
6,592
|
|
(a)
|
Based
on average shares outstanding. |
|
(b)
|
Not
annualized. |
|
(c)
|
Annualized.
|
|
(d)
|
Amount
inclusive of reductions in fees due to earnings credits. |
|
|
Level
1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted
Prices |
Level
2- Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs |
Level
3-
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
|
Total
|
|
Assets
($) |
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
in Securities:†
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
Securities - Common Stocks |
1,112,633,627
|
—
|
—
|
1,112,633,627
|
|
Investment
Companies |
26,171,990
|
—
|
—
|
26,171,990
|
|
|
1,138,805,617
|
—
|
—
|
1,138,805,617
|
|
†
|
See
Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations, if any. |
|
|
Assets
($) |
Liabilities
($) |
|
Gross
amount of securities loaned, at
value,
as disclosed in the Statement
of
Assets and Liabilities |
58,262,695
|
-
|
|
Collateral
(received)/posted not offset
in
the Statement of
Assets
and Liabilities |
(58,262,695
)†
|
-
|
|
Net
amount |
-
|
-
|
|
†
|
The
value of the related collateral received by the fund exceeded the value of the securities loaned by the fund pursuant to the securities
lending agreement. In addition,
the
value of collateral may include pending sales that are also on loan. See Statement of Investments for detailed information regarding collateral
received for open
securities
lending. |

| Item 12. | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable.
| Item 13. | Portfolio Managers for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable.
| Item 14. | Purchases of Equity Securities By Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers. |
Not applicable.
| Item 15. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
There have been no materials changes to the procedures applicable to Item 15.
| Item 16. | Controls and Procedures. |
| (a) | The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. |
| (b) | There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting. |
| Item 17. | Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable.
| Item 18. | Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation. |
Not applicable.
| Item 19. | Exhibits. |
(a)(1) Not applicable.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BNY Mellon Opportunity Funds
By: /s/ David J. DiPetrillo
David J. DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: May 20, 2025
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: /s/ David J. DiPetrillo
David J. DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: May 20, 2025
By: /s/ James Windels
James Windels
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date: May 20, 2025
EXHIBIT INDEX
(a)(2) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT)
(b) Certification of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.906CERT)