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The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 2.69% for the month of February. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Brent crude, soybean meal and sugar had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 10.04%, 9.72% and 9.54%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were orange juice, nickel and coffee, which ended the month down 8.58%, 7.86%, and 6.51% respectively.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 5.23% with the Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 23.86% far in 2012. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 19.64%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/30/2011 |
Index Close 1/31/2012 |
Index Close 2/29/2012 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
140.680 |
144.156 |
148.037 |
2.69% |
5.23% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
98.126 |
94.721 |
99.324 |
4.86% |
1.22% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Sub-Index |
604.562 |
627.488 |
690.481 |
10.04% |
14.21% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS WTl Crude Oil Sub-Index |
259.683 |
258.319 |
279.274 |
8.11% |
7.54% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
1.653 |
1.372 |
1.329 |
-3.17% |
-19.64% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
223.056 |
234.186 |
249.930 |
6.72% |
12.05% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
411.978 |
448.549 |
483.471 |
7.79% |
17.35% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
279.200 |
285.307 |
309.024 |
8.31% |
10.68% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
36.648 |
37.491 |
37.794 |
0.81% |
3.13% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.164 |
10.379 |
10.443 |
0.62% |
2.75% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
72.869 |
74.618 |
75.300 |
0.91% |
3.34% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
124.946 |
131.527 |
133.823 |
1.75% |
7.10% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
55.315 |
55.314 |
57.526 |
4.00% |
4.00% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
19.026 |
18.805 |
19.223 |
2.22% |
1.04% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
180.281 |
178.974 |
195.688 |
9.34% |
8.55% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
16.560 |
16.897 |
16.739 |
-0.93% |
1.08% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
153.107 |
169.819 |
171.141 |
0.78% |
11.78% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
44.780 |
49.328 |
50.979 |
3.35% |
13.84% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
361.876 |
399.159 |
407.799 |
2.16% |
12.69% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
208.952 |
232.498 |
214.221 |
-7.86% |
2.52% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
64.437 |
73.392 |
73.444 |
0.07% |
13.98% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
239.410 |
269.778 |
268.814 |
-0.36% |
12.28% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
199.920 |
221.679 |
217.972 |
-1.67% |
9.03% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
309.397 |
368.661 |
383.234 |
3.95% |
23.86% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
84.228 |
83.625 |
84.678 |
1.26% |
0.53% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
37.709 |
35.747 |
33.419 |
-6.51% |
-11.38% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
27.129 |
27.558 |
26.326 |
-4.47% |
-2.96% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
232.052 |
235.438 |
257.910 |
9.54% |
11.14% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
77.781 |
77.254 |
79.978 |
3.53% |
2.83% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
79.220 |
76.877 |
81.714 |
6.29% |
3.15% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
25.450 |
27.646 |
28.068 |
1.53% |
10.29% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
209.116 |
226.548 |
220.103 |
-2.84% |
5.25% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
389.924 |
440.771 |
469.774 |
6.58% |
20.48% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
325.886 |
413.032 |
400.700 |
-2.99% |
22.96% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Sub-Index |
160.986 |
168.262 |
170.989 |
1.62% |
6.21% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index |
340.947 |
355.060 |
378.944 |
6.73% |
11.14% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Sub-Index |
26.213 |
32.572 |
29.778 |
-8.58% |
13.60% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index |
389.279 |
396.987 |
435.562 |
9.72% |
11.89% |
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is composed of 20 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, 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.
