The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index was up 1.47% for the month of January. The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Silver, Sugar and Corn had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 10.52%, 10.35%, and 9.39%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Unleaded Gas, Crude Oil and Cattle, which were down 6.61%, 5.29%, and 5.24% respectively, in January.
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2007 |
Index Close 01/25/2008 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index |
184.96 |
187.67 |
1.47% |
Dow Jones-AIG Energy Sub-Index |
266.67 |
261.10 |
-2.09% |
Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
541.95 |
513.26 |
-5.29% |
Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index |
17.59 |
18.60 |
5.76% |
Dow Jones-AIG Heating Oil Sub-Index |
297.94 |
283.16 |
-4.96% |
Dow Jones-AIG Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
481.37 |
449.56 |
-6.61% |
Dow Jones-AIG Petroleum Sub-Index |
478.72 |
452.45 |
-5.49% |
Dow Jones-AIG Livestock Sub-Index |
57.52 |
54.59 |
-5.09% |
Dow Jones-AIG Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
20.50 |
19.51 |
-4.82% |
Dow Jones-AIG Live Cattle Sub-Index |
97.96 |
92.83 |
-5.24% |
Dow Jones-AIG ExEnergy Sub-Index |
119.43 |
123.47 |
3.38% |
Dow Jones-AIG Grains Sub-Index |
69.74 |
73.28 |
5.08% |
Dow Jones-AIG Corn Sub-Index |
20.90 |
22.86 |
9.39% |
Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Sub-Index |
167.98 |
171.96 |
2.37% |
Dow Jones-AIG Wheat Sub-Index |
46.38 |
48.89 |
5.42% |
Dow Jones-AIG Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
190.19 |
196.01 |
3.06% |
Dow Jones-AIG Aluminum Sub-Index |
68.99 |
71.91 |
4.22% |
Dow Jones-AIG Copper Sub-Index |
348.78 |
365.18 |
4.70% |
Dow Jones-AIG Nickel Sub-Index |
315.05 |
320.98 |
1.88% |
Dow Jones-AIG Zinc Sub-Index |
102.53 |
98.49 |
-3.94% |
Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Sub-Index |
131.91 |
143.74 |
8.97% |
Dow Jones-AIG Gold Sub-Index |
113.05 |
122.67 |
8.51% |
Dow
Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index |
175.26 |
193.70 |
10.52% |
Dow Jones-AIG Softs Sub-Index |
60.43 |
61.76 |
2.20% |
Dow Jones-AIG Coffee Sub-Index |
31.80 |
30.69 |
-3.49% |
Dow Jones-AIG Cotton Sub-Index |
23.92 |
23.88 |
-0.18% |
Dow Jones-AIG Sugar Sub-Index |
145.16 |
160.19 |
10.35% |
Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture Sub-Index |
81.00 |
84.53 |
4.36% |
Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
98.04 |
102.74 |
4.80% |
The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index is composed of 19 futures contracts on physical commodities and was introduced in 1999. The DJ-AIGCI family of indexes includes nine sector sub-indexes, multiple forward month indexes, sub-indexes for each individual commodity in the original DJ-AIGCI, Euro-, Yen-, Swiss Franc-, and British Pound-denominated versions of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index, and the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Spot IndexSM. Also available are total return versions of each of the excess return indexes and sub-indexes. As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2007, we estimate there is $42 billion tracking the DJ-AIGCI, out of a total of approximately $145 billion tracking commodities using long only index strategies.