The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index, was down 0.43% for the month of April. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for soybean meal, soybean and lead had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 11.46%, 7.09% and 5.63%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were orange juice, sugar and lean hogs, which ended the month down 13.99%, 11.95%, and 4.95% respectively.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 0.43% with the Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 37.37% so far in 2012. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 36.73%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/30/2011 |
Index Close 3/30/2012 |
Index Close 4/30/2012 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
140.680 |
141.902 |
141.292 |
-0.43% |
0.43% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
98.126 |
92.129 |
92.053 |
-0.08% |
-6.19% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Sub-Index |
604.562 |
694.966 |
682.425 |
-1.80% |
12.88% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS WTI Crude Oil Sub-Index |
259.683 |
267.586 |
270.756 |
1.18% |
4.26% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
1.653 |
1.042 |
1.046 |
0.37% |
-36.73% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
223.056 |
247.208 |
247.270 |
0.02% |
10.86% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
411.978 |
492.008 |
478.768 |
-2.69% |
16.21% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
279.200 |
304.306 |
303.131 |
-0.39% |
8.57% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
36.648 |
34.745 |
33.705 |
-2.99% |
-8.03% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.164 |
9.704 |
9.224 |
-4.95% |
-9.25% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
72.869 |
68.761 |
67.577 |
-1.72% |
-7.26% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
124.946 |
130.160 |
129.391 |
-0.59% |
3.56% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
55.315 |
58.359 |
59.746 |
2.38% |
8.01% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
19.026 |
18.814 |
18.781 |
-0.17% |
-1.29% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
180.281 |
207.993 |
222.730 |
7.09% |
23.55% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
16.560 |
16.558 |
16.248 |
-1.87% |
-1.89% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
153.107 |
161.908 |
162.398 |
0.30% |
6.07% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
44.780 |
46.240 |
45.834 |
-0.88% |
2.35% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
361.876 |
402.070 |
401.711 |
-0.09% |
11.01% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
208.952 |
198.036 |
198.576 |
0.27% |
-4.97% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
64.437 |
69.417 |
71.756 |
3.37% |
11.36% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
239.410 |
259.734 |
255.926 |
-1.47% |
6.90% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
199.920 |
212.613 |
211.634 |
-0.46% |
5.86% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
309.397 |
359.360 |
342.436 |
-4.71% |
10.68% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
84.228 |
82.372 |
76.544 |
-7.08% |
-9.12% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
37.709 |
29.999 |
29.224 |
-2.58% |
-22.50% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
27.129 |
27.223 |
26.624 |
-2.20% |
-1.86% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
232.052 |
254.817 |
224.367 |
-11.95% |
-3.31% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
77.781 |
80.242 |
79.962 |
-0.35% |
2.81% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
79.220 |
82.660 |
82.041 |
-0.75% |
3.56% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
25.450 |
26.685 |
26.800 |
0.43% |
5.31% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
209.116 |
207.749 |
219.455 |
5.63% |
4.94% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
389.924 |
455.003 |
435.021 |
-4.39% |
11.57% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
325.886 |
386.251 |
385.355 |
-0.23% |
18.25% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Sub-Index |
160.986 |
157.521 |
159.139 |
1.03% |
-1.15% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index |
340.947 |
382.814 |
378.680 |
-1.08% |
11.07% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Sub-Index |
26.213 |
26.371 |
22.682 |
-13.99% |
-13.47% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index |
389.279 |
479.748 |
534.748 |
11.46% |
37.37% |
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is composed of 20 futures contracts on physical commodities and was introduced in 1999. The DJ-UBSCI family of indexes includes nine sector sub-indexes, multiple forward month indexes; sub-indexes for each individual commodity in the original DJ-UBSCI as well as for Brent crude, cocoa, feeder cattle, gas oil, lead, orange juice, platinum, soybean meal and tin.
Also available are Euro-, Yen-, Swiss Franc- and Pounds Sterling-denominated versions of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index; Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Spot IndexSM; and total return versions of each of the excess return indexes and sub-indexes.
