The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was down 14.74% for the month of September. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Lean Hogs, Live Cattle, and Feeder Cattle had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 7.69%, 7.67%, and 7.67%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Silver Copper and Lead, which were down 27.98%, 25.03%, and 23.16% respectively, in September.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is down 13.67% with the Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 13.61% so far in 2011. Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 35.98%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2010 |
Index Close 8/31/2011 |
Index Close 9/30/2011 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
162.393 |
164.433 |
140.202 |
-14.74% |
-13.67% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
116.836 |
108.218 |
96.066 |
-11.23% |
-17.78% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
269.670 |
235.667 |
209.341 |
-11.17% |
-22.37% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
3.127 |
2.623 |
2.305 |
-12.15% |
-26.30% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
201.642 |
237.463 |
213.558 |
-10.07% |
5.91% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
359.966 |
428.316 |
384.287 |
-10.28% |
6.76% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
274.665 |
266.608 |
237.803 |
-10.80% |
-13.42% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
37.532 |
35.406 |
38.114 |
7.65% |
1.55% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.655 |
10.048 |
10.821 |
7.69% |
1.56% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
73.646 |
69.464 |
74.794 |
7.67% |
1.56% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
141.955 |
150.176 |
125.643 |
-16.34% |
-11.49% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
64.662 |
67.801 |
53.263 |
-21.44% |
-17.63% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
18.822 |
22.934 |
17.704 |
-22.80% |
-5.94% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
215.645 |
221.445 |
179.131 |
-19.11% |
-16.93% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
25.098 |
20.875 |
16.068 |
-23.03% |
-35.98% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
202.179 |
188.671 |
150.824 |
-20.06% |
-25.40% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
57.207 |
55.435 |
48.174 |
-13.10% |
-15.79% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
478.992 |
445.419 |
333.918 |
-25.03% |
-30.29% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
277.576 |
248.306 |
196.714 |
-20.78% |
-29.13% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
89.246 |
81.119 |
65.586 |
-19.15% |
-26.51% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
229.100 |
296.693 |
250.373 |
-15.61% |
9.29% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
182.459 |
234.042 |
207.286 |
-11.43% |
13.61% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
344.536 |
463.777 |
334.031 |
-27.98% |
-3.05% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
97.961 |
103.420 |
89.525 |
-13.44% |
-8.61% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
42.483 |
48.605 |
38.597 |
-20.59% |
-9.15% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
34.667 |
31.160 |
29.505 |
-5.31% |
-14.89% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
263.588 |
281.899 |
251.871 |
-10.65% |
-4.45% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
90.869 |
94.705 |
76.740 |
-18.97% |
-15.55% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
93.460 |
90.500 |
76.926 |
-15.00% |
-17.69% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
37.652 |
38.168 |
31.976 |
-16.22% |
-15.07% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
261.484 |
268.632 |
206.416 |
-23.16% |
-21.06% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
499.175 |
518.952 |
424.964 |
-18.11% |
-14.87% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
460.367 |
415.196 |
346.437 |
-16.56% |
-24.75% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Sub-Index |
147.232 |
148.943 |
160.363 |
7.67% |
8.92% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Sub-Index |
517.741 |
629.074 |
558.580 |
-11.21% |
7.89% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index |
285.524 |
352.878 |
321.280 |
-8.95% |
12.52% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Sub-Index |
22.074 |
23.498 |
22.196 |
-5.54% |
0.55% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index |
475.469 |
492.803 |
392.158 |
-20.42% |
-17.52% |
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is composed of 19 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.
As of the end of the second quarter of 2011, an estimated $80.2 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
