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The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 2.95% for the month of April. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Wheat, Natural Gas and Nickel had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 9.20%, 8.93%, and 8.06%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Sugar, Coffee and Copper, which were down -6.74%, -4.32%, and -1.18% respectively, in April.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is down -2.25% with the Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 45.37% so far in 2010. Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -40.90%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2009 |
Index Close 3/31/2010 |
Index Close 4/23/2010 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity
Index |
139.1873 |
132.1517 |
136.0527 |
2.95% |
-2.25% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy
Sub-Index |
130.7939 |
119.9249 |
124.5601 |
3.87% |
-4.77% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
260.1218 |
269.0826 |
273.8134 |
1.76% |
5.26% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
5.2710 |
3.6619 |
3.9888 |
8.93% |
-24.33% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
186.3578 |
189.7438 |
196.5399 |
3.58% |
5.46% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
318.7965 |
332.5925 |
337.9223 |
1.60% |
6.00% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum
Sub-Index |
259.3085 |
267.9903 |
273.4208 |
2.03% |
5.44% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock
Sub-Index |
34.3944 |
36.4916 |
37.1914 |
1.92% |
8.13% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.6371 |
11.3244 |
11.6352 |
2.74% |
9.38% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
64.1542 |
67.9218 |
68.8475 |
1.36% |
7.32% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
108.7303 |
104.9407 |
107.5913 |
2.53% |
-1.05% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains
Sub-Index |
49.7015 |
41.7350 |
43.9393 |
5.28% |
-11.59% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
14.4235 |
11.6285 |
11.7955 |
1.44% |
-18.22% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
160.0838 |
142.1247 |
151.1809 |
6.37% |
-5.56% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
20.7423 |
16.7413 |
18.2819 |
9.20% |
-11.86% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
174.1650 |
184.7845 |
186.6238 |
1.00% |
7.15% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
54.3623 |
55.7959 |
55.8687 |
0.13% |
2.77% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
370.2604 |
390.8131 |
386.1859 |
-1.18% |
4.30% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
210.2702 |
282.8748 |
305.6604 |
8.06% |
45.37% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
98.0264 |
89.8213 |
90.6315 |
0.90% |
-7.54% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
160.8172 |
164.5402 |
170.4530 |
3.59% |
5.99% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
141.9379 |
143.9654 |
149.0290 |
3.52% |
5.00% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
189.7412 |
197.0994 |
204.6117 |
3.81% |
7.84% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs
Sub-Index |
61.3487 |
53.5916 |
52.6706 |
-1.72% |
-14.15% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
25.4746 |
25.1768 |
24.0886 |
-4.32% |
-5.44% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
17.5187 |
18.3648 |
19.2923 |
5.05% |
10.12% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
212.9277 |
134.9412 |
125.8456 |
-6.74% |
-40.90% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture
Sub-Index |
65.7022 |
56.6986 |
58.5769 |
3.31% |
-10.84% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
69.9652 |
64.8962 |
66.7442 |
2.85% |
-4.60% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
42.5942 |
38.0613 |
40.7668 |
7.11% |
-4.29% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
258.7510 |
226.0656 |
241.8611 |
6.99% |
-6.53% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
418.8226 |
467.5977 |
494.5139 |
5.76% |
18.07% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
291.4009 |
315.9380 |
325.0103 |
2.87% |
11.53% |
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 cocoa, lead, platinum 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 fourth quarter of 2009, an estimated $52 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
