The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was down 2.22% for the month of November. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for crude oil, orange juice and zinc had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 7.82%, 3.99%, and 3.39%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were cocoa, natural gas and cotton, which were down 15.85%, 12.48%, and 10.81% respectively, in November.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is down 10.00% with the Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 24.45% so far in 2011. Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 37.93%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2010 |
Index Close 10/31/2011 |
Index Close 11/30/2011 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
162.393 |
149.478 |
146.160 |
-2.22% |
-10.00% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
116.836 |
104.509 |
103.925 |
-0.56% |
-11.05% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
269.670 |
245.070 |
264.238 |
7.82% |
-2.01% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
3.127 |
2.257 |
1.976 |
-12.48% |
-36.81% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
201.642 |
235.667 |
233.513 |
-0.91% |
15.81% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
359.966 |
407.699 |
401.934 |
-1.41% |
11.66% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
274.665 |
270.865 |
283.665 |
4.73% |
3.28% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
37.532 |
37.261 |
38.192 |
2.50% |
1.76% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.655 |
10.781 |
11.041 |
2.41% |
3.62% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
73.646 |
72.324 |
74.159 |
2.54% |
0.70% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
141.955 |
132.594 |
128.522 |
-3.07% |
-9.46% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
64.662 |
56.055 |
52.120 |
-7.02% |
-19.40% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
18.822 |
19.333 |
17.893 |
-7.45% |
-4.94% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
215.645 |
183.321 |
170.369 |
-7.07% |
-21.00% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
25.098 |
16.569 |
15.577 |
-5.99% |
-37.93% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
202.179 |
164.881 |
159.907 |
-3.02% |
-20.91% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
57.207 |
49.330 |
47.097 |
-4.53% |
-17.67% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
478.992 |
384.769 |
376.568 |
-2.13% |
-21.38% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
277.576 |
218.665 |
195.514 |
-10.59% |
-29.56% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
89.246 |
70.318 |
72.701 |
3.39% |
-18.54% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
229.100 |
270.494 |
270.352 |
-0.05% |
18.01% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
182.459 |
220.434 |
223.334 |
1.32% |
22.40% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
344.536 |
381.455 |
363.585 |
-4.68% |
5.53% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
97.961 |
90.388 |
86.033 |
-4.82% |
-12.18% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
42.483 |
38.268 |
39.379 |
2.90% |
-7.30% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
34.667 |
30.123 |
26.866 |
-10.81% |
-22.50% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
263.588 |
256.651 |
235.936 |
-8.07% |
-10.49% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
90.869 |
79.693 |
74.767 |
-6.18% |
-17.72% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
93.460 |
78.354 |
75.413 |
-3.75% |
-19.31 |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
37.652 |
33.055 |
27.815 |
-15.85% |
-26.13% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
261.484 |
215.242 |
217.518 |
1.06% |
-16.81% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
499.175 |
448.393 |
435.339 |
-2.91% |
-12.79% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
460.367 |
374.106 |
355.312 |
-5.02% |
-22.82% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Sub-Index |
147.232 |
158.799 |
160.308 |
0.95% |
8.88% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Sub-Index |
517.741 |
608.384 |
619.327 |
1.80% |
19.62% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index |
285.524 |
346.782 |
355.327 |
2.46% |
24.45% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Sub-Index |
22.074 |
25.619 |
26.640 |
3.99% |
20.69% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index |
475.469 |
401.234 |
368.681 |
-8.11% |
-22.46% |
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.
