The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was down -4.08% for the month of August. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Cotton, Silver and Gold had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 7.75%, 5.61%, and 4.85%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Natural Gas, Cocoa and Unleaded Gas, which were down -20.82%, -11.78%, and -11.35% respectively, in August.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is down -7.48% with the Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 19.35% so far in 2010. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -35.20%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2009 |
Index Close 7/30/2010 |
Index Close 8/25/2010 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity
Index |
139.187 |
134.248 |
128.776 |
-4.08% |
-7.48% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy
Sub-Index |
130.794 |
117.177 |
102.400 |
-12.61% |
-21.71% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
260.122 |
241.010 |
220.622 |
-8.46% |
-15.18% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
5.271 |
4.314 |
3.415 |
-20.82% |
-35.20% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
186.358 |
174.700 |
163.256 |
-6.55% |
-12.40% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
318.796 |
304.333 |
269.778 |
-11.35% |
-15.38% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum
Sub-Index |
259.308 |
242.009 |
221.125 |
-8.63% |
-14.73% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock
Sub-Index |
34.394 |
36.659 |
37.280 |
1.69% |
8.39% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.637 |
11.274 |
10.999 |
-2.44% |
3.41% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
64.154 |
68.719 |
71.679 |
4.31% |
11.73% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
108.730 |
108.560 |
108.349 |
-0.19% |
-0.35% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains
Sub-Index |
49.702 |
48.349 |
48.518 |
0.35% |
-2.38% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
14.424 |
12.499 |
12.875 |
3.00% |
-10.74% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
160.084 |
156.996 |
156.058 |
-0.60% |
-2.51% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
20.742 |
23.035 |
22.696 |
-1.47% |
9.42% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
174.165 |
165.434 |
157.195 |
-4.98% |
-9.74% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
54.362 |
51.266 |
47.060 |
-8.20% |
-13.43% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
370.260 |
359.778 |
348.830 |
-3.04% |
-5.79% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
210.270 |
238.134 |
226.023 |
-5.09% |
7.49% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
98.026 |
75.002 |
72.351 |
-3.53% |
-26.19% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
160.817 |
172.509 |
181.209 |
5.04% |
12.68% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
141.938 |
152.212 |
159.592 |
4.85% |
12.44% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
189.741 |
201.669 |
212.988 |
5.61% |
12.25% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs
Sub-Index |
61.349 |
61.110 |
61.187 |
0.13% |
-0.26% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
25.475 |
31.841 |
29.803 |
-6.40% |
16.99% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
17.519 |
18.219 |
19.630 |
7.75% |
12.05% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
212.928 |
154.405 |
158.035 |
2.35% |
-25.78% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture
Sub-Index |
65.702 |
64.545 |
64.576 |
0.05% |
-1.71% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
69.965 |
65.976 |
64.625 |
-2.05% |
-7.63% |
| Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
42.594 |
39.147 |
34.536 |
-11.78% |
-18.92% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
258.751 |
215.715 |
202.747 |
-6.01% |
-21.64% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
418.823 |
445.802 |
431.835 |
-3.13% |
3.11% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
291.401 |
333.076 |
347.789 |
4.42% |
19.35% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Sub-Index |
120.217 |
138.394 |
141.190 |
2.02% |
17.45% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Sub-Index |
465.182 |
439.700 |
411.221 |
-6.48% |
-11.60% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index |
258.656 |
249.768 |
235.404 |
-5.75% |
-8.99% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Sub-Index |
18.955 |
20.391 |
19.096 |
-6.35% |
0.74% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index |
342.805 |
372.653 |
375.223 |
0.69% |
9.46% |
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 first quarter of 2010, an estimated $57 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
