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The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index was up 1.14% for the month of April. The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Tin, Nickel and Lead had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 21.81%, 17.01%, and 12.88%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Natural Gas, Corn and Cocoa, which were down -13.12%, -6.99%, and -6.52% respectively, in April.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index is down -5.30% with the Dow Jones-AIG Copper Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 43.23% so far in 2009. Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -43.66%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2008 |
Index Close 3/31/2009 |
Index Close 4/24/2009 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity
Index |
117.244 |
109.782 |
111.030 |
1.14% |
-5.30% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Energy
Sub-Index |
138.342 |
112.671 |
107.009 |
-5.03% |
-22.65% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
249.654 |
202.886 |
196.141 |
-3.32% |
-21.43% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index |
10.898 |
7.067 |
6.140 |
-13.12% |
-43.66% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Heating Oil Sub-Index |
154.853 |
141.842 |
140.617 |
-0.86% |
-9.19% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
182.814 |
217.899 |
218.308 |
0.19% |
19.42% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Petroleum
Sub-Index |
218.487 |
196.077 |
191.666 |
-2.25% |
-12.28% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Livestock
Sub-Index |
40.562 |
37.427 |
37.518 |
0.24% |
-7.50% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
13.744 |
12.523 |
12.393 |
-1.04% |
-9.83% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Live Cattle Sub-Index |
71.212 |
66.138 |
66.867 |
1.10% |
-6.10% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
82.513 |
82.113 |
85.398 |
4.00% |
3.50% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Grains
Sub-Index |
50.614 |
47.376 |
48.100 |
1.53% |
-4.97% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Corn Sub-Index |
16.076 |
15.564 |
14.476 |
-6.99% |
-9.95% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Sub-Index |
130.444 |
126.112 |
137.584 |
9.10% |
5.47% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Wheat Sub-Index |
28.083 |
23.937 |
23.880 |
-0.24% |
-14.97% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
96.922 |
101.378 |
110.207 |
8.71% |
13.71% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Aluminum Sub-Index |
40.686 |
35.742 |
37.184 |
4.03% |
-8.61% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Copper Sub-Index |
161.256 |
209.170 |
230.971 |
10.42% |
43.23% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Nickel Sub-Index |
135.976 |
113.519 |
132.833 |
17.01% |
-2.31% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Zinc Sub-Index |
49.509 |
53.004 |
56.636 |
6.85% |
14.40% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
124.668 |
133.155 |
131.843 |
-0.99% |
5.75% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Gold Sub-Index |
115.713 |
120.543 |
119.123 |
-1.18% |
2.95% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index |
128.719 |
147.626 |
146.899 |
-0.49% |
14.12% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Softs
Sub-Index |
42.599 |
42.729 |
45.453 |
6.38% |
6.70% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Coffee Sub-Index |
23.132 |
23.463 |
23.796 |
1.42% |
2.87% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Cotton Sub-Index |
13.484 |
12.517 |
13.993 |
11.79% |
3.77% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Sugar Sub-Index |
114.499 |
120.071 |
128.960 |
7.40% |
12.63% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture
Sub-Index |
57.870 |
55.545 |
57.550 |
3.61% |
-0.55% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
61.365 |
60.795 |
65.743 |
8.14% |
7.13% |
Dow Jones-AIG Cocoa Sub-Index |
35.990 |
35.250 |
32.951 |
-6.52% |
-8.44% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Lead Sub-Index |
111.191 |
139.538 |
157.506 |
12.88% |
41.65% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Platinum Sub-Index |
272.324 |
325.222 |
341.126 |
4.89% |
25.26% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Tin Sub-Index |
172.914 |
171.594 |
209.021 |
21.81% |
20.88% |
The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index is composed of 19 futures contracts on physical commodities and was introduced in 1999. The DJ-AIGCI family of indexes includes nine sector sub-indexes, multiple forward month indexes; sub-indexes for each individual commodity in the original DJ-AIGCI 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-AIG Commodity Index; Dow Jones-AIG 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 2008, an estimated $23 billion tracked the DJ-AIGCI group of indexes.
