The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 0.99% for the month of August. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Coffee, Corn and Gold had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 18.51, 13.57%, and 12.29%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Orange Juice, Tin and Nickel, which were down 17.48%, 13.28%, and 11.25% respectively, in August.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 1.26% with the Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 34.61% so far in 2011. Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 16.83%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2010 |
Index Close 7/29/2011 |
Index Close 8/31/2011 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
162.393 |
162.815 |
164.433 |
0.99% |
1.26% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
116.836 |
113.829 |
108.218 |
-4.93% |
-7.38% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
269.670 |
255.500 |
235.667 |
-7.76% |
-12.61% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
3.127 |
2.720 |
2.623 |
-3.55% |
-16.10% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
201.642 |
239.933 |
237.463 |
-1.03% |
17.76% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
359.966 |
434.067 |
428.316 |
-1.33% |
18.99% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
274.665 |
281.924 |
266.608 |
-5.43% |
-2.93% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
37.532 |
37.116 |
35.406 |
-4.61% |
-5.66% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.655 |
10.859 |
10.048 |
-7.47% |
-5.70% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
73.646 |
71.474 |
69.464 |
-2.81% |
-5.68% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
141.955 |
144.500 |
150.176 |
3.93% |
5.79% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
64.662 |
61.229 |
67.801 |
10.73% |
4.85% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
18.822 |
20.193 |
22.934 |
13.57% |
21.84% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
215.645 |
206.214 |
221.445 |
7.39% |
2.69% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
25.098 |
18.683 |
20.875 |
11.73% |
-16.83% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
202.179 |
203.943 |
188.671 |
-7.49% |
-6.68% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
57.207 |
59.298 |
55.435 |
-6.51% |
-3.10% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
478.992 |
477.241 |
445.419 |
-6.67% |
-7.01% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
277.576 |
279.787 |
248.306 |
-11.25% |
-10.54% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
89.246 |
88.699 |
81.119 |
-8.55% |
-9.11% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
229.100 |
269.497 |
296.693 |
10.09% |
29.50% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
182.459 |
208.424 |
234.042 |
12.29% |
28.27% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
344.536 |
445.710 |
463.777 |
4.05% |
34.61% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
97.961 |
96.727 |
103.420 |
6.92% |
5.57% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
42.483 |
41.012 |
48.605 |
18.51% |
14.41% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
34.667 |
29.970 |
31.160 |
3.97% |
-10.12% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
263.588 |
283.134 |
281.899 |
-0.44% |
6.95% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
90.869 |
86.716 |
94.705 |
9.21% |
4.22% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
93.460 |
86.455 |
90.500 |
4.68% |
-3.17% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
37.652 |
36.882 |
38.168 |
3.49% |
1.37% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
261.484 |
270.712 |
268.632 |
-0.77% |
2.73% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
499.175 |
499.130 |
518.952 |
3.97% |
3.96% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
460.367 |
478.774 |
415.196 |
-13.28% |
-9.81% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Sub-Index |
147.232 |
156.688 |
148.943 |
-4.94% |
1.16% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Sub-Index |
517.741 |
642.640 |
629.074 |
-2.11% |
21.50% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index |
285.524 |
353.806 |
352.878 |
-0.26% |
23.59% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Sub-Index |
22.074 |
28.474 |
23.498 |
-17.48% |
6.45% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index |
475.469 |
455.951 |
492.803 |
8.08% |
3.65% |
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 second quarter of 2011, an estimated $80.2 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
