The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 2.16% for the month of November. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Wheat, Silver and Gold had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 13.75%, 13.52%, and 9.76%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Natural Gas, Nickel and Cocoa, which were down -12.52%, -7.12%, and -4.66% respectively, in November.
Year-to-date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 14.90% with the Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 124.49% so far in 2009. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -57.94%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close
12/31/2008 |
Index Close
10/30/2009 |
Index Close
11/19/2009 |
Month-to-Date
Percent Change |
Year-to-Date
Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
117.244 |
131.862 |
134.715 |
2.16% |
14.90% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
138.342 |
131.130 |
127.603 |
-2.69% |
-7.76% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
249.654 |
264.519 |
265.916 |
0.53% |
6.51% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
10.898 |
5.240 |
4.584 |
-12.52% |
-57.94% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
154.853 |
183.205 |
182.810 |
-0.22% |
18.05% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
182.814 |
313.478 |
316.009 |
0.81% |
72.86% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
218.487 |
260.702 |
261.945 |
0.48% |
19.89% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
40.562 |
34.437 |
33.747 |
-2.01% |
-16.80% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
13.744 |
10.409 |
10.260 |
-1.43% |
-25.35% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
71.212 |
65.087 |
63.559 |
-2.35% |
-10.75% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
82.513 |
100.138 |
104.865 |
4.72% |
27.09% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
50.614 |
46.449 |
50.465 |
8.65% |
-0.30% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
16.076 |
13.219 |
14.293 |
8.13% |
-11.09% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
130.444 |
150.320 |
159.941 |
6.40% |
22.61% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
28.083 |
19.666 |
22.370 |
13.75% |
-20.34% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
96.922 |
154.757 |
159.210 |
2.88% |
64.27% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
40.686 |
46.981 |
49.824 |
6.05% |
22.46% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
161.256 |
329.707 |
343.651 |
4.23% |
113.11% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
135.976 |
207.865 |
193.070 |
-7.12% |
41.99% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
49.509 |
83.463 |
85.349 |
2.26% |
72.39% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
124.668 |
153.625 |
170.375 |
10.90% |
36.66% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
115.713 |
134.881 |
148.049 |
9.76% |
27.94% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
128.719 |
183.466 |
208.270 |
13.52% |
61.80% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
42.599 |
56.195 |
56.238 |
0.08% |
32.02% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
23.132 |
25.967 |
25.681 |
-1.10% |
11.02% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
13.484 |
16.562 |
16.909 |
2.09% |
25.40% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
114.499 |
180.218 |
179.665 |
-0.31% |
56.91% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
57.870 |
60.794 |
63.999 |
5.27% |
10.59% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
61.365 |
63.899 |
69.152 |
8.22% |
12.69% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
35.990 |
43.426 |
41.403 |
-4.66% |
15.04% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
111.191 |
247.573 |
249.615 |
0.82% |
124.49% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
272.324 |
378.713 |
412.293 |
8.87% |
51.40% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
172.914 |
253.580 |
256.219 |
1.04% |
48.18% |
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 second quarter of 2009, an estimated $36 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
