The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index was up 5.62% for the month of April. The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Crude Oil, Unleaded Gas and Heating Oil had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 17.02%, 15.89%, and 15.71%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Wheat, Gold and Silver, which were down 13.47%, 3.45%, and 2.59% respectively, in April.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index is up 15.12% with the Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 45.16% so far in 2008. Dow Jones-AIG Wheat Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 11.62%.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index is up 15.12% with the Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 45.16% so far in 2008. Dow Jones-AIG Wheat Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 11.62%.
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Index
Name |
Index
Close 12/31/2007 |
Index
Close 3/31/2008 |
Index
Close 04/25/2008 |
Month-to-Date
Percent Change |
Year-to-Date
Percent Change |
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Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index |
184.96 |
201.60 |
212.94 |
5.62% |
15.12% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Energy Sub-Index |
266.67 |
305.47 |
346.91 |
13.57% |
30.09% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
541.95 |
575.11 |
672.97 |
17.02% |
24.17% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index |
17.59 |
23.37 |
25.53 |
9.22% |
45.16% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Heating Oil Sub-Index |
297.94 |
334.70 |
387.28 |
15.71% |
29.99% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
481.37 |
467.06 |
541.25 |
15.89% |
12.44% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Petroleum Sub-Index |
478.72 |
504.96 |
588.62 |
16.57% |
22.96% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Livestock Sub-Index |
57.52 |
48.58 |
52.87 |
8.83% |
-8.08% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
20.50 |
16.69 |
18.75 |
12.36% |
-8.50% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Live Cattle Sub-Index |
97.96 |
84.78 |
90.21 |
6.41% |
-7.91% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG ExEnergy Sub-Index |
119.43 |
127.11 |
128.99 |
1.48% |
8.00% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Grains Sub-Index |
69.74 |
73.83 |
74.70 |
1.18% |
7.12% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Corn Sub-Index |
20.90 |
25.37 |
25.84 |
1.88% |
23.67% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Soybean Sub-Index |
167.98 |
163.32 |
180.02 |
10.23% |
7.17% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Wheat Sub-Index |
46.38 |
47.37 |
40.99 |
-13.47% |
-11.62% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
190.19 |
225.64 |
226.79 |
0.51% |
19.24% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Aluminum Sub-Index |
68.99 |
84.35 |
84.08 |
-0.32% |
21.87% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Copper Sub-Index |
348.78 |
438.51 |
448.04 |
2.17% |
28.46% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Nickel Sub-Index |
315.05 |
353.61 |
350.04 |
-1.01% |
11.11% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Zinc Sub-Index |
102.53 |
99.76 |
99.33 |
-0.43% |
-3.12% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Sub-Index |
131.91 |
145.55 |
140.87 |
-3.21% |
6.79% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Gold Sub-Index |
113.05 |
122.77 |
118.53 |
-3.45% |
4.85% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index |
175.26 |
202.17 |
196.92 |
-2.59% |
12.36% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Softs Sub-Index |
60.43 |
59.37 |
59.38 |
0.02% |
-1.74% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Coffee Sub-Index |
31.80 |
29.23 |
29.57 |
1.16% |
-7.03% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Cotton Sub-Index |
23.92 |
23.77 |
23.38 |
-1.63% |
-2.26% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Sugar Sub-Index |
145.16 |
151.24 |
151.68 |
0.29% |
4.49% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture Sub-Index |
81.00 |
83.77 |
85.51 |
2.08% |
5.58% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
98.04 |
100.38 |
114.86 |
14.42% |
17.16% |
The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index is composed of 19 futures contracts on physical commodities and was introduced in 1999. The DJ-AIGCI family of indexes includes nine sector sub-indexes, multiple forward month indexes, sub-indexes for each individual commodity in the original DJ-AIGCI, Euro-, Yen-, Swiss Franc-, and British Pound-denominated versions of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index, and the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Spot IndexSM. Also available are total return versions of each of the excess return indexes and sub-indexes. As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2007, we estimate there is $42 billion tracking the DJ-AIGCI, out of a total of approximately $145 billion tracking commodities using long only index strategies.
