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July 2009 Monthly Preliminary Performance Report Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Indexes

Date 27/07/2009

The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 0.64% for the month of July. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Cocoa, Copper and Aluminum had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 15.82%, 11.00%, and 10.84%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Corn, Soybean and Wheat , which were down -10.79%, -6.73%, and -4.53% respectively, in July.

Year-to-date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 5.18% with the Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 75.40% so far in 2009. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -44.05%.

Index Name

 

Index Close 12/31/2008

Index Close 6/30/2009

Index Close 7/24/2009

Month-to-Date Percent Change

Year-to-Date Percent Change

Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index

117.244

122.536

123.316

0.64%

5.18%

Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index

138.342

132.258

128.376

-2.94%

-7.20%

Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index

249.654

256.184

246.094

-3.94%

-1.43%

Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index

10.898

6.288

6.097

-3.04%

-44.05%

Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index

154.853

175.737

172.954

-1.58%

11.69%

Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index

182.814

288.210

286.918

-0.45%

56.95%

Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index

218.487

249.392

242.138

-2.91%

10.82%

Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index

40.562

35.099

34.611

-1.39%

-14.67%

Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index

13.744

9.922

9.625

-3.00%

-29.97%

Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index

71.212

68.606

68.011

-0.87%

-4.49%

Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index

82.513

89.312

91.574

2.53%

10.98%

Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index

50.614

48.040

44.505

-7.36%

-12.07%

Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index

16.076

13.025

11.620

-10.79%

-27.72%

Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index

130.444

151.483

141.291

-6.73%

8.32%

Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index

28.083

22.710

21.681

-4.53%

-22.80%

Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index

96.922

124.090

136.931

10.35%

41.28%

Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index

40.686

41.030

45.476

10.84%

11.77%

Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index

161.256

254.804

282.842

11.00%

75.40%

Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index

135.976

176.062

191.713

8.89%

40.99%

Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index

49.509

60.992

66.425

8.91%

34.17%

Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index

124.668

134.799

138.222

2.54%

10.87%

Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index

115.713

120.604

123.926

2.75%

7.10%

Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index

128.719

153.919

157.031

2.02%

22.00%

Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index

42.599

48.526

50.179

3.41%

17.79%

Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index

23.132

23.514

24.308

3.38%

5.08%

Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index

13.484

14.074

14.596

3.71%

8.25%

Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index

114.499

151.551

156.475

3.25%

36.66%

Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index

57.870

58.636

56.700

-3.30%

-2.02%

Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index

61.365

63.008

60.709

-3.65%

-1.07%

Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index

35.990

33.483

38.778

15.82%

7.75%

Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index

111.191

184.247

189.399

2.80%

70.34%

Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index

272.324

339.762

341.511

0.51%

25.41%

Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index

172.914

237.154

246.282

3.85%

42.43%

 

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 British Pound-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 first quarter of 2009, an estimated $27.5 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.