The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 3.30% for the month of July. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Wheat, Sugar and Lead had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 24.15%, 13.70%, and 12.83%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Gold, Silver and Natural Gas, which were down -4.67%, -3.24%, and -1.91% respectively, in July.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is down -6.67% with the Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 17.69% so far in 2010. Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -32.34%.
Index Name |
Index Close
12/31/2009 |
Index Close
6/30/2010 |
Index Close
7/23/2010 |
Month-to-Date
Percent Change |
Year-to-Date
Percent Change |
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
139.187 |
125.747 |
129.900 |
3.30% |
-6.67% |
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
130.794 |
112.509 |
114.330 |
1.62% |
-12.59% |
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
260.122 |
232.493 |
241.102 |
3.70% |
-7.31% |
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
5.271 |
4.076 |
3.998 |
-1.91% |
-24.15% |
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
186.358 |
171.019 |
173.905 |
1.69% |
-6.68% |
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
318.796 |
294.410 |
303.874 |
3.21% |
-4.68% |
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
259.308 |
234.144 |
241.825 |
3.28% |
-6.74% |
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
34.394 |
35.389 |
36.329 |
2.66% |
5.63% |
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.637 |
10.883 |
10.989 |
0.97% |
3.31% |
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
64.154 |
66.281 |
68.809 |
3.81% |
7.26% |
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
108.730 |
100.537 |
104.648 |
4.09% |
-3.75% |
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
49.702 |
41.511 |
45.697 |
10.09% |
-8.06% |
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
14.424 |
11.544 |
11.815 |
2.34% |
-18.09% |
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
160.084 |
140.984 |
153.325 |
8.75% |
-4.22% |
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
20.742 |
16.724 |
20.763 |
24.15% |
0.10% |
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
174.165 |
149.501 |
157.286 |
5.21% |
-9.69% |
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
54.362 |
46.769 |
47.859 |
2.33% |
-11.96% |
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
370.260 |
320.557 |
346.034 |
7.95% |
-6.54% |
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
210.270 |
222.563 |
229.204 |
2.98% |
9.00% |
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
98.026 |
66.610 |
70.649 |
6.06% |
-27.93% |
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
160.817 |
181.408 |
173.585 |
-4.31% |
7.94% |
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
141.938 |
160.705 |
153.202 |
-4.67% |
7.94% |
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
189.741 |
209.567 |
202.767 |
-3.24% |
6.87% |
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
61.349 |
55.995 |
57.666 |
2.98% |
-6.00% |
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
25.475 |
29.954 |
29.981 |
0.09% |
17.69% |
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
17.519 |
17.668 |
17.428 |
-1.36% |
-0.52% |
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
212.928 |
126.712 |
144.070 |
13.70% |
-32.34% |
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
65.702 |
56.692 |
61.208 |
7.97% |
-6.84% |
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
69.965 |
60.476 |
64.690 |
6.97% |
-7.54% |
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
42.594 |
37.285 |
37.564 |
0.75% |
-11.81% |
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
258.751 |
182.346 |
205.749 |
12.83% |
-20.48% |
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
418.823 |
434.634 |
436.189 |
0.36% |
4.15% |
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
291.401 |
297.472 |
332.837 |
11.89% |
14.22% |
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Sub-Index |
120.217 |
136.193 |
138.605 |
1.77% |
15.30% |
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Sub-Index |
465.182 |
423.873 |
436.696 |
3.03% |
-6.12% |
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index |
258.656 |
248.337 |
250.721 |
0.96% |
-3.07% |
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Sub-Index |
18.955 |
20.634 |
20.259 |
-1.82% |
6.87% |
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index |
342.805 |
333.332 |
364.043 |
9.21% |
6.20% |
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 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 indexes and sub-indexes.
As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2009, an estimated $52 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.