The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was down -3.08% for the month of January. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Sugar, Platinum and Tin had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 6.79%, 5.00%, and 4.78%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Corn, Soybean Oil and Soybean, which were down -12.00%, -9.98%, and -9.25% respectively, in January.
Index Name |
Index Close
12/31/2009 |
Index Close
1/22/2010 |
Month-to-Date
Percent Change |
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
139.187 |
134.896 |
-3.08% |
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
130.794 |
127.020 |
-2.89% |
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
260.122 |
242.308 |
-6.85% |
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
5.271 |
5.479 |
3.94% |
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
186.358 |
171.524 |
-7.96% |
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
318.796 |
303.685 |
-4.74% |
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
259.308 |
242.041 |
-6.66% |
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
34.394 |
34.879 |
1.41% |
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.637 |
10.970 |
3.13% |
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
64.154 |
64.426 |
0.42% |
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
108.730 |
105.265 |
-3.19% |
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
49.702 |
44.773 |
-9.92% |
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
14.424 |
12.692 |
-12.00% |
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
160.084 |
145.274 |
-9.25% |
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
20.742 |
19.095 |
-7.94% |
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
174.165 |
171.271 |
-1.66% |
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
54.362 |
54.216 |
-0.27% |
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
370.260 |
370.316 |
0.01% |
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
210.270 |
207.590 |
-1.27% |
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
98.026 |
89.717 |
-8.48% |
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
160.817 |
160.702 |
-0.07% |
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
141.938 |
141.068 |
-0.61% |
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
189.741 |
190.721 |
0.52% |
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
61.349 |
62.358 |
1.64% |
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
25.475 |
26.159 |
2.68% |
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
17.519 |
16.469 |
-5.99% |
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
212.928 |
227.386 |
6.79% |
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
65.702 |
61.459 |
-6.46% |
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
69.965 |
62.982 |
-9.98% |
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
42.594 |
44.355 |
4.13% |
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
258.751 |
237.632 |
-8.16% |
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
418.823 |
439.749 |
5.00% |
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
291.401 |
305.334 |
4.78% |
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 cocoa, lead, platinum 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 third quarter of 2009, an estimated $43 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.