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Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Indices October 2012 Performance Report

Date 08/11/2012

The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was down 3.88% for the month of October. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indices for lean hogs, natural gas and live cattle had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 6.14%, 2.06% and 0.98%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indices were nickel, zinc and coffee, which ended the month down 12.51%, 11.67%, and 10.86% respectively.

Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 1.47% with the Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Subindex posting the highest gain of 66.91% so far in 2012. Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Subindex has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 35.05%.

Index Name

Index Close 12/30/2011

Index Close 9/28/2012

Index Close 10/31/2012

Month-to-Date Percent Change

Year-to-Date Percent Change

Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index

140.680

148.506

142.742

-3.88%

1.47%

Dow Jones-UBS Energy Subindex

98.126

93.820

91.681

-2.28%

-6.57%

Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Subindex

604.562

649.764

630.024

-3.04%

4.21%

Dow Jones-UBS WTI Crude Oil Subindex

259.683

233.997

218.068

-6.81%

-16.03%

Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Subindex

1.653

1.290

1.316

2.06%

-20.39%

Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Subindex

223.056

242.636

237.786

-2.00%

6.60%

Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Subindex

411.978

518.827

492.038

-5.16%

19.43%

Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Subindex

279.200

284.504

270.911

-4.78%

-2.97%

Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Subindex

36.648

33.747

34.653

2.68%

-5.44%

Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Subindex

10.164

9.103

9.662

6.14%

-4.93%

Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Subindex

72.869

67.982

68.650

0.98%

-5.79%

Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Subindex

124.946

137.785

131.475

-4.58%

5.23%

Dow Jones-UBS Grains Subindex

55.315

73.949

72.101

-2.50%

30.35%

Dow Jones-UBS Corn Subindex

19.026

24.596

24.580

-0.07%

29.20%

Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Subindex

180.281

253.240

245.093

-3.22%

35.95%

Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Subindex

16.560

21.416

20.514

-4.21%

23.88%

Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Subindex

153.107

159.867

145.027

-9.28%

-5.28%

Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Subindex

44.780

44.410

39.869

-10.22%

-10.97%

Dow Jones-UBS Copper Subindex

361.876

391.874

366.795

-6.40%

1.36%

Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Subindex

208.952

203.844

178.346

-12.51%

-14.65%

Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Subindex

64.437

71.931

63.535

-11.67%

-1.40%

Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Subindex

239.410

274.405

263.684

-3.91%

10.14%

Dow Jones-UBS Gold Subindex

199.920

224.590

217.652

-3.09%

8.87%

Dow Jones-UBS Silver Subindex

309.397

379.809

354.973

-6.54%

14.73%

Dow Jones-UBS Softs Subindex

84.228

70.202

66.209

-5.69%

-21.39%

Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Subindex

37.709

27.476

24.491

-10.86%

-35.05%

Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Subindex

27.129

22.453

22.269

-0.82%

-17.92%

Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Subindex

25.450

30.460

28.911

-5.09%

13.60%

Dow Jones-UBS Lead Subindex

209.116

231.319

208.821

-9.73%

-0.14%

Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Subindex

389.924

459.307

433.911

-5.53%

11.28%

Dow Jones-UBS Tin Subindex

325.886

370.759

338.117

-8.80%

3.75%

Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Subindex

160.986

143.524

144.814

0.90%

-10.05%

Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Subindex

340.947

371.939

368.695

-0.87%

8.14%

Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Subindex

26.213

18.758

17.644

-5.94%

-32.69%

Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Subindex

389.279

659.570

649.747

-1.49%

66.91%

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 indices includes nine sector subindices, multiple forward month indices; subindices 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 indices and subindices.

For more information, please visit: http://www.djindexes.com/commodity/