The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was down 9.14% for the month of May. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for lean hogs, feeder cattle and live cattle had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 5.51%, 2.00% and 1.91%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were orange juice, cotton and WT1 crude oil, which ended the month down 21.01%, 19.97%, and 17.79% respectively.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is down 8.74% with the Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 24.44% so far in 2012. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 35.99%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/30/2011 |
Index Close 4/30/2012 |
Index Close 5/31/2012 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
140.680 |
141.292 |
128.379 |
-9.14% |
-8.74% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
98.126 |
92.053 |
81.812 |
-11.12% |
-16.63% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Sub-Index |
604.562 |
682.425 |
583.721 |
-14.46% |
-3.45% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS WT1 Crude Oil Sub-Index |
259.683 |
270.756 |
222.578 |
-17.79% |
-14.29% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
1.653 |
1.046 |
1.058 |
1.17% |
-35.99% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
223.056 |
247.270 |
209.793 |
-15.16% |
-5.95% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
411.978 |
478.768 |
422.651 |
-11.72% |
2.59% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
279.200 |
303.131 |
255.936 |
-15.57% |
-8.33% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
36.648 |
33.705 |
34.806 |
3.27% |
-5.03% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.164 |
9.224 |
9.731 |
5.51% |
-4.25% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
72.869 |
67.577 |
68.866 |
1.91% |
-5.49% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
124.946 |
129.391 |
118.709 |
-8.26% |
-4.99% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
55.315 |
59.746 |
54.304 |
-9.11% |
-1.83% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
19.026 |
18.781 |
16.442 |
-12.46% |
-13.58% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
180.281 |
222.730 |
198.245 |
-10.99% |
9.96% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
16.560 |
16.248 |
15.981 |
-1.64% |
-3.50% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
153.107 |
162.398 |
146.719 |
-9.65% |
-4.17% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
44.780 |
45.834 |
42.804 |
-6.61% |
-4.41% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
361.876 |
401.711 |
353.038 |
-12.12% |
-2.44% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
208.952 |
198.576 |
179.792 |
-9.46% |
-13.96% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
64.437 |
71.756 |
64.949 |
-9.49% |
0.79% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
239.410 |
255.926 |
237.647 |
-7.14% |
-0.74% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
199.920 |
211.634 |
198.632 |
-6.14% |
-0.64% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
309.397 |
342.436 |
306.455 |
-10.51% |
-0.95% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
84.228 |
76.544 |
67.533 |
-11.77% |
-19.82% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
37.709 |
29.224 |
26.148 |
-10.53% |
-30.66% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
27.129 |
26.624 |
21.308 |
-19.97% |
-21.46% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
232.052 |
224.367 |
206.307 |
-8.05% |
-11.09% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
77.781 |
79.962 |
72.045 |
-9.90% |
-7.37% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
79.220 |
82.041 |
73.323 |
-10.63% |
-7.44% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
25.450 |
26.800 |
25.158 |
-6.13% |
-1.15% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
209.116 |
219.455 |
195.497 |
-10.92% |
-6.51% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
389.924 |
435.021 |
392.319 |
-9.82% |
0.61% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
325.886 |
385.355 |
331.890 |
-13.87% |
1.84% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Sub-Index |
160.986 |
159.139 |
162.322 |
2.00% |
0.83% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index |
340.947 |
378.680 |
327.975 |
-13.39% |
-3.80% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Sub-Index |
26.213 |
22.682 |
17.917 |
-21.01% |
-31.65% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index |
389.279 |
534.748 |
484.404 |
-9.41% |
24.44% |
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 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.
