The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 1.56% for the month of March. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Silver, Natural Gas and Cotton had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 9.55%, 9.25%, and 6.93%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Cocoa, Wheat and Orange Juice, which were down 12.26%, 10.25%, and 6.99% respectively, in March.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 3.91% with the Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 43.49% so far in 2011. Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 10.93%.
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