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The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was down -3.09% for the month of March. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Nickel, Platinum and Copper had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 11.48%, 3.66%, and 3.62%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Sugar, Natural Gas and Wheat, which were down -27.97%, -19.45%, and -10.50% respectively, in March.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is down -6.81% with the Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 27.05% so far in 2010. Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -35.06%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2009 |
Index Close 2/26/2010 |
Index Close 3/26/2010 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity
Index |
139.187 |
133.832 |
129.703 |
-3.09% |
-6.81% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy
Sub-Index |
130.794 |
123.914 |
116.486 |
-5.99% |
-10.94% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
260.122 |
257.036 |
257.003 |
-0.01% |
-1.20% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
5.271 |
4.618 |
3.720 |
-19.45% |
-29.43% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
186.358 |
178.406 |
181.236 |
1.59% |
-2.75% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
318.796 |
316.303 |
318.365 |
0.65% |
-0.14% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum
Sub-Index |
259.308 |
255.140 |
256.061 |
0.36% |
-1.25% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock
Sub-Index |
34.394 |
35.360 |
35.169 |
-0.54% |
2.25% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.637 |
11.095 |
10.658 |
-3.94% |
0.20% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
64.154 |
65.404 |
66.488 |
1.66% |
3.64% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
108.730 |
105.285 |
103.484 |
-1.71% |
-4.82% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains
Sub-Index |
49.702 |
45.390 |
42.712 |
-5.90% |
-14.06% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
14.424 |
13.112 |
12.008 |
-8.42% |
-16.75% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
160.084 |
145.145 |
143.786 |
-0.94% |
-10.18% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
20.742 |
19.296 |
17.271 |
-10.50% |
-16.74% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
174.165 |
168.528 |
176.022 |
4.45% |
1.07% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
54.362 |
51.515 |
53.374 |
3.61% |
-1.82% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
370.260 |
361.174 |
374.261 |
3.62% |
1.08% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
210.270 |
239.646 |
267.152 |
11.48% |
27.05% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
98.026 |
83.459 |
84.344 |
1.06% |
-13.96% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
160.817 |
162.714 |
162.035 |
-0.42% |
0.76% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
141.938 |
144.702 |
142.790 |
-1.32% |
0.60% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
189.741 |
185.797 |
190.127 |
2.33% |
0.20% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs
Sub-Index |
61.349 |
59.360 |
53.704 |
-9.53% |
-12.46% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
25.475 |
24.261 |
25.121 |
3.54% |
-1.39% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
17.519 |
18.800 |
18.169 |
-3.36% |
3.71% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
212.928 |
191.960 |
138.276 |
-27.97% |
-35.06% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture
Sub-Index |
65.702 |
61.625 |
57.690 |
-6.39% |
-12.20% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
69.965 |
67.251 |
65.980 |
-1.89% |
-5.70% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
42.594 |
37.395 |
36.587 |
-2.16% |
-14.10% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
258.751 |
229.218 |
223.920 |
-2.31% |
-13.46% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
418.823 |
438.440 |
454.480 |
3.66% |
8.51% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
291.401 |
293.708 |
302.610 |
3.03% |
3.85% |
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 fourth quarter of 2009, an estimated $52 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
