Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Indexes March 2012 Performance Report

The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was down 4.14% for the month of March. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for soybean meal, soybean and cotton had the strongest gains with month-returns of 10.14%, 6.29% and 3.41%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were natural gas, orange juice and coffee, which ended the month down 21.55%, 11.44%, and 10.23% respectively.

Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 0.87% with the Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 23.24% so far in 2012.  Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 36.96%.

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