The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 1.70% for the month of September. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for lead, nickel and zinc had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 16.06%, 15.74% and 13.51%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were soybean, soybean meal and cotton, which ended the month down 8.85%, 8.72%, and 8.56% respectively.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 5.56% with the Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Subindex posting the highest gain of 69.43% so far in 2012. Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Subindex has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 28.44%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/30/2011 |
Index Close 8/31/2012 |
Index Close 9/28/2012 |
Month-to-Date Percent |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
140.680 |
146.028 |
148.506 |
1.70% |
5.56% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Subindex |
98.126 |
91.750 |
93.820 |
2.26% |
-4.39% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Subindex |
604.562 |
662.909 |
649.764 |
-1.98% |
7.48% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS WTI Crude Oil Subindex |
259.683 |
245.597 |
233.997 |
-4.72% |
-9.89% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Subindex |
1.653 |
1.151 |
1.290 |
12.05% |
-22.00% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Subindex |
223.056 |
244.126 |
242.636 |
-0.61% |
8.78% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Subindex |
411.978 |
512.502 |
518.827 |
1.23% |
25.94% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Subindex |
279.200 |
291.476 |
284.504 |
-2.39% |
1.90% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Subindex |
36.648 |
34.454 |
33.747 |
-2.05% |
-7.91% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Subindex |
10.164 |
9.039 |
9.103 |
0.72% |
-10.43% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Subindex |
72.869 |
70.329 |
67.982 |
-3.34% |
-6.71% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Subindex |
124.946 |
135.811 |
137.785 |
1.45% |
10.28% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Subindex |
55.315 |
77.779 |
73.949 |
-4.92% |
33.69% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Subindex |
19.026 |
26.011 |
24.596 |
-5.44% |
29.28% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Subindex |
180.281 |
277.836 |
253.240 |
-8.85% |
40.47% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Subindex |
16.560 |
21.108 |
21.416 |
1.46% |
29.32% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Subindex |
153.107 |
144.004 |
159.867 |
11.02% |
4.42% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Subindex |
44.780 |
40.115 |
44.410 |
10.71% |
-0.83% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Subindex |
361.876 |
360.486 |
391.874 |
8.71% |
8.29% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Subindex |
208.952 |
176.126 |
203.844 |
15.74% |
-2.44% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Subindex |
64.437 |
63.369 |
71.931 |
13.51% |
11.63% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Subindex |
239.410 |
258.322 |
274.405 |
6.23% |
14.62% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Subindex |
199.920 |
213.664 |
224.590 |
5.11% |
12.34% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Subindex |
309.397 |
345.373 |
379.809 |
9.97% |
22.76% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Subindex |
84.228 |
70.717 |
70.202 |
-0.73% |
-16.65% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Subindex |
37.709 |
26.090 |
27.476 |
5.31% |
-27.14% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Subindex |
27.129 |
24.554 |
22.453 |
-8.56% |
-17.24% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Subindex |
232.052 |
212.216 |
211.227 |
-0.47% |
-8.97% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Subindex |
77.781 |
94.228 |
90.050 |
-4.43% |
15.77% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Subindex |
79.220 |
83.384 |
76.928 |
-7.74% |
-2.89% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Subindex |
25.450 |
31.598 |
30.460 |
-3.60% |
19.69% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Subindex |
209.116 |
199.316 |
231.319 |
16.06% |
10.62% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Subindex |
389.924 |
423.993 |
459.307 |
8.33% |
17.79% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Subindex |
325.886 |
329.070 |
370.759 |
12.67% |
13.77% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Subindex |
160.986 |
146.227 |
143.524 |
-1.85% |
-10.85% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Subindex |
340.947 |
377.759 |
371.939 |
-1.54% |
9.09% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Subindex |
26.213 |
19.720 |
18.758 |
-4.88% |
-28.44% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Subindex |
389.279 |
722.561 |
659.570 |
-8.72% |
69.43% |
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 subindexes, multiple forward month indexes; subindexes 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 subindexes.
For more information, please visit: http://www.djindexes.com/commodity/
