The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 0.88% for the month of August. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Sugar, Copper and Nickel had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 17.36%, 9.73%, and 7.54%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Wheat, Natural Gas and Lean Hogs, which were down -12.61%, -12.61%, and -11.22% respectively, in August.
Year-to-date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 8.82% with the Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 100.21% so far in 2009. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -53.74%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2008 |
Index Close 7/31/2009 |
Index Close 8/21/2009 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity
Index |
117.244 |
126.475 |
127.588 |
0.88% |
8.82% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy
Sub-Index |
138.342 |
129.909 |
128.610 |
-1.00% |
-7.03% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
249.654 |
251.157 |
258.452 |
2.90% |
3.52% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
10.898 |
5.768 |
5.041 |
-12.61% |
-53.74% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
154.853 |
175.268 |
181.106 |
3.33% |
16.95% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
182.814 |
305.854 |
305.585 |
-0.09% |
67.16% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum
Sub-Index |
218.487 |
249.147 |
255.020 |
2.36% |
16.72% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock
Sub-Index |
40.562 |
34.595 |
32.964 |
-4.71% |
-18.73% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
13.744 |
9.506 |
8.439 |
-11.22% |
-38.60% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
71.212 |
68.352 |
67.139 |
-1.77% |
-5.72% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
82.513 |
94.548 |
96.249 |
1.80% |
16.65% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains
Sub-Index |
50.614 |
47.184 |
44.733 |
-5.20% |
-11.62% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
16.076 |
12.474 |
11.783 |
-5.54% |
-26.71% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
130.444 |
151.637 |
150.248 |
-0.92% |
15.18% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
28.083 |
22.185 |
19.387 |
-12.61% |
-30.97% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
96.922 |
143.081 |
152.044 |
6.26% |
56.87% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
40.686 |
47.516 |
48.156 |
1.35% |
18.36% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
161.256 |
294.225 |
322.846 |
9.73% |
100.21% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
135.976 |
205.405 |
220.896 |
7.54% |
62.45% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
49.509 |
68.654 |
71.607 |
4.30% |
44.63% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
124.668 |
138.398 |
138.915 |
0.37% |
11.43% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
115.713 |
123.913 |
123.771 |
-0.12% |
6.96% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
128.719 |
157.767 |
160.261 |
1.58% |
24.50% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs
Sub-Index |
42.599 |
50.965 |
53.782 |
5.53% |
26.25% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
23.132 |
25.073 |
23.964 |
-4.42% |
3.60% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
13.484 |
14.696 |
14.356 |
-2.32% |
6.47% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
114.499 |
158.003 |
185.427 |
17.36% |
61.95% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture
Sub-Index |
57.870 |
59.048 |
58.722 |
-0.55% |
1.47% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
61.365 |
62.832 |
64.833 |
3.18% |
5.65% |
| Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
35.990 |
38.578 |
38.987 |
1.06% |
8.33% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
111.191 |
203.792 |
201.713 |
-1.02% |
81.41% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
272.324 |
348.046 |
360.945 |
3.71% |
32.54% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
172.914 |
233.586 |
243.702 |
4.33% |
40.94% |
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 British Pound-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 first quarter of 2009, an estimated $27.5 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
