The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index was down 5.94% for the month of August. The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Nickel, Wheat and Sugar had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 13.72%, 10.21%, and 1.51%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Silver, Natural Gas and Heating Oil, which were down 24.28%, 13.09%, and 9.67%, respectively, in August.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2007 |
Index Close 7/31/2008 |
Index Close 8/22/2008 |
Month-to Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity
Index |
184.96 |
205.10 |
192.92 |
-5.94% |
4.30% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Energy
Sub-Index |
266.67 |
328.29 |
296.88 |
-9.57% |
11.33% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
541.95 |
707.05 |
654.15 |
-7.48% |
20.70% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index |
17.59 |
20.54 |
17.85 |
-13.09% |
1.50% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Heating Oil Sub-Index |
297.94 |
400.77 |
362.00 |
-9.67% |
21.50% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
481.37 |
553.09 |
519.60 |
-6.05% |
7.94% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Petroleum
Sub-Index |
478.72 |
613.59 |
566.68 |
-7.65% |
18.37% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Livestock
Sub-Index |
57.52 |
52.76 |
52.44 |
-0.61% |
-8.83% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
20.50 |
18.68 |
18.53 |
-0.81% |
-9.59% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Live Cattle Sub-Index |
97.96 |
90.41 |
89.96 |
-0.49% |
-8.17% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
119.43 |
125.39 |
120.51 |
-3.89% |
0.91% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Grains
Sub-Index |
69.74 |
74.93 |
74.60 |
-0.45% |
6.97% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Corn Sub-Index |
20.90 |
25.20 |
25.06 |
-0.56% |
19.93% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Sub-Index |
167.98 |
190.99 |
180.52 |
-5.48% |
7.46% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Wheat Sub-Index |
46.38 |
38.61 |
42.56 |
10.21% |
-8.24% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
190.19 |
203.24 |
194.84 |
-4.13% |
2.44% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Aluminum Sub-Index |
68.99 |
82.17 |
76.55 |
-6.84% |
10.96% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Copper Sub-Index |
348.78 |
419.13 |
397.04 |
-5.27% |
13.84% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Nickel Sub-Index |
315.05 |
217.50 |
247.34 |
13.72% |
-21.49% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Zinc Sub-Index |
102.53 |
80.44 |
77.25 |
-3.96% |
-24.65% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
131.91 |
144.73 |
124.67 |
-13.86% |
-5.49% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Gold Sub-Index |
113.05 |
121.05 |
109.35 |
-9.67% |
-3.27% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index |
175.26 |
205.33 |
155.48 |
-24.28% |
-11.29% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Softs
Sub-Index |
60.43 |
59.54 |
58.95 |
-0.99% |
-2.45% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Coffee Sub-Index |
31.80 |
30.83 |
31.02 |
0.62% |
-2.47% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Cotton Sub-Index |
23.92 |
21.80 |
20.38 |
-6.54% |
-14.82% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Sugar Sub-Index |
145.16 |
153.87 |
156.19 |
1.51% |
7.60% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture
Sub-Index |
81.00 |
85.69 |
84.56 |
-1.32% |
4.40% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
98.04 |
111.53 |
102.96 |
-7.68% |
5.02% |
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 second quarter of 2008, an estimated $55 billion tracked the DJ-AIGCI group of indexes.
