The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index was down -8.29% for the month of December. The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Cocoa, Corn and Soybean had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 14.47%, 12.71% and 7.71%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Crude Oil, Unleaded Gas and Heating Oil, which were down -32.68%, -30.82%, and -28.25% respectively, in December.
Year-to-date, the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index is down -39.14% with the Dow Jones-AIG Cocoa Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 23.30% so far in 2008. Dow Jones-AIG Unleaded Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -68.34%.
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Index Name |
Index Close |
Index Close |
Index Close |
Month-to Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
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Dow Jones-AIG Commodity
Index |
184.964 |
122.753 |
112.572 |
-8.29% |
-39.14% |
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Dow Jones-AIG Energy
Sub-Index |
266.669 |
166.058 |
128.632 |
-22.54% |
-51.76% |
|
|
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Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
541.951 |
309.331 |
208.242 |
-32.68% |
-61.58% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index |
17.587 |
12.716 |
11.264 |
-11.42% |
-35.95% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Heating Oil Sub-Index |
297.938 |
190.443 |
136.641 |
-28.25% |
-54.14% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
481.371 |
220.319 |
152.414 |
-30.82% |
-68.34% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Petroleum
Sub-Index |
478.724 |
268.972 |
184.384 |
-31.45% |
-61.48% |
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Dow Jones-AIG Livestock
Sub-Index |
57.516 |
42.604 |
40.082 |
-5.92% |
-30.31% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
20.497 |
15.132 |
13.309 |
-12.05% |
-35.07% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Live Cattle Sub-Index |
97.961 |
72.536 |
71.253 |
-1.77% |
-27.26% |
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Dow Jones-AIG ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
119.429 |
81.672 |
80.183 |
-1.82% |
-32.86% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Grains
Sub-Index |
69.738 |
45.879 |
50.114 |
9.23% |
-28.14% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Corn Sub-Index |
20.897 |
14.447 |
16.284 |
12.71% |
-22.08% |
|
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Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Sub-Index |
167.984 |
118.198 |
127.316 |
7.71% |
-24.21% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Wheat Sub-Index |
46.379 |
25.807 |
27.554 |
6.77% |
-40.59% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
190.194 |
107.663 |
92.065 |
-14.49% |
-51.59% |
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Dow Jones-AIG Aluminum Sub-Index |
68.991 |
47.321 |
40.666 |
-14.06% |
-41.06% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Copper Sub-Index |
348.776 |
188.646 |
149.076 |
-20.98% |
-57.26% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Nickel Sub-Index |
315.047 |
119.073 |
111.898 |
-6.03% |
-64.48% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Zinc Sub-Index |
102.530 |
50.126 |
47.269 |
-5.70% |
-53.90% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
131.909 |
114.928 |
121.440 |
5.67% |
-7.94% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Gold Sub-Index |
113.052 |
107.169 |
113.999 |
6.37% |
0.84% |
|
|
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Dow Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index |
175.259 |
116.582 |
120.001 |
2.93% |
-31.53% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Softs
Sub-Index |
60.430 |
43.033 |
40.265 |
-6.43% |
-33.37% |
|
|
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Dow Jones-AIG Coffee Sub-Index |
31.803 |
23.968 |
22.378 |
-6.63% |
-29.63% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Cotton Sub-Index |
23.921 |
13.179 |
12.703 |
-3.61% |
-46.90% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Sugar Sub-Index |
145.163 |
115.371 |
106.452 |
-7.73% |
-26.67% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture
Sub-Index |
80.998 |
54.784 |
56.437 |
3.02% |
-30.32% |
|
|
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Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
98.041 |
60.846 |
60.489 |
-0.59% |
-38.30% |
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|
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Dow Jones-AIG |
28.761 |
30.980 |
35.464 |
14.47% |
23.30% |
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Dow Jones-AIG Lead Sub-Index |
287.386 |
122.911 |
94.751 |
-22.91% |
-67.03% |
|
|
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Dow Jones-AIG Platinum Sub-Index |
447.515 |
256.423 |
258.730 |
0.90% |
-42.19% |
|
|
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Dow Jones-AIG Tin Sub-Index |
263.024 |
197.919 |
159.197 |
-19.56% |
-39.47% |
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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 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-AIG Commodity Index; Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Spot IndexSM; and total return versions of each of the excess return indexes and sub-indexes.
As of the end of the third quarter of 2008, an estimated $35 billion track the DJ-AIGCI group of indexes.
