The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index was down -3.42% for the month of January. The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Tin, Lead and Sugar had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 15.49%, 11.59%, and 7.54%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Natural Gas, Aluminum and Wheat, which were down -20.58%, -13.51%, and -4.58% respectively, in January.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2008 |
Index Close 1/23/2009 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity
Index |
117.244 |
113.235 |
-3.42% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Energy
Sub-Index |
138.342 |
126.509 |
-8.55% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
249.654 |
238.761 |
-4.36% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index |
10.898 |
8.655 |
-20.58% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Heating Oil Sub-Index |
154.853 |
152.457 |
-1.55% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
182.814 |
194.875 |
6.60% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Petroleum
Sub-Index |
218.487 |
214.611 |
-1.77% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Livestock
Sub-Index |
40.562 |
38.864 |
-4.19% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
13.744 |
13.187 |
-4.05% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Live Cattle Sub-Index |
71.212 |
68.067 |
-4.42% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
82.513 |
81.575 |
-1.14% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Grains
Sub-Index |
50.614 |
49.934 |
-1.34% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Corn Sub-Index |
16.076 |
15.425 |
-4.05% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Sub-Index |
130.444 |
134.304 |
2.96% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Wheat Sub-Index |
28.083 |
26.796 |
-4.58% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
96.922 |
93.352 |
-3.68% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Aluminum Sub-Index |
40.686 |
35.189 |
-13.51% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Copper Sub-Index |
161.256 |
168.346 |
4.40% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Nickel Sub-Index |
135.976 |
140.536 |
3.35% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Zinc Sub-Index |
49.509 |
47.413 |
-4.23% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
124.668 |
127.621 |
2.37% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Gold Sub-Index |
115.713 |
117.263 |
1.34% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index |
128.719 |
136.070 |
5.71% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Softs
Sub-Index |
42.599 |
45.194 |
6.09% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Coffee Sub-Index |
23.132 |
24.701 |
6.78% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Cotton Sub-Index |
13.484 |
13.930 |
3.30% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Sugar Sub-Index |
114.499 |
123.127 |
7.54% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture
Sub-Index |
57.870 |
58.369 |
0.86% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
61.365 |
61.365 |
0.00% |
Dow Jones-AIG Cocoa
Sub-Index |
35.990 |
35.936 |
-0.15% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Lead
Sub-Index |
111.191 |
124.076 |
11.59% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Platinum
Sub-Index |
272.324 |
277.097 |
1.75% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Tin
Sub-Index |
172.914 |
199.702 |
15.49% |
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 as well as for cocoa, lead, platinum and tin.
Also available are Euro-, Yen-, Swiss Franc-, and British Pound-denominated versions of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index; Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Spot IndexSM; and total return versions of each of the excess return indexes and sub-indexes.
As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2008, an estimated $23 billion tracked the DJ-AIGCI group of indexes.
