The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 6.62% for the month of October. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for crude oil, orange juice and copper had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 17.07%, 15.42%, and 15.23%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were live cattle, natural gas and feeder cattle, which were down 3.30%, 2.05%, and 0.98% respectively, in October.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is down 7.95% with the Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 21.45% so far in 2011. Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 33.98%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2010 |
Index Close 9/30/2011 |
Index Close 10/31/2011 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
162.393 |
140.202 |
149.478 |
6.62% |
-7.95% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
116.836 |
96.066 |
104.509 |
8.79% |
-10.55% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
269.670 |
209.341 |
245.070 |
17.07% |
-9.12% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
3.127 |
2.305 |
2.257 |
-2.05% |
-27.81% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
201.642 |
213.558 |
235.667 |
10.35% |
16.87% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
359.966 |
384.287 |
407.699 |
6.09% |
13.26% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
274.665 |
237.803 |
270.865 |
13.90% |
-1.38% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
37.532 |
38.114 |
37.261 |
-2.24% |
-0.72% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.655 |
10.821 |
10.781 |
-0.37% |
1.18% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
73.646 |
74.794 |
72.324 |
-3.30% |
-1.80% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
141.955 |
125.643 |
132.594 |
5.53% |
-6.59% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
64.662 |
53.263 |
56.055 |
5.24% |
-13.31% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
18.822 |
17.704 |
19.333 |
9.20% |
2.71% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
215.645 |
179.131 |
183.321 |
2.34% |
-14.99% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
25.098 |
16.068 |
16.569 |
3.12% |
-33.98% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
202.179 |
150.824 |
164.881 |
9.32% |
-18.45% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
57.207 |
48.174 |
49.330 |
2.40% |
-13.77% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
478.992 |
333.918 |
384.769 |
15.23% |
-19.67% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
277.576 |
196.714 |
218.665 |
11.16% |
-21.22% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
89.246 |
65.586 |
70.318 |
7.21% |
-21.21% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
229.100 |
250.373 |
270.494 |
8.04% |
18.07% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
182.459 |
207.286 |
220.434 |
6.34% |
20.81% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
344.536 |
334.031 |
381.455 |
14.20% |
10.72% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
97.961 |
89.525 |
90.388 |
0.96% |
-7.73% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
42.483 |
38.597 |
38.268 |
-0.85% |
-9.92% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
34.667 |
29.505 |
30.123 |
2.10% |
-13.11% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
263.588 |
251.871 |
256.651 |
1.90% |
-2.63% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
90.869 |
76.740 |
79.693 |
3.85% |
-12.30% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
93.460 |
76.926 |
78.354 |
1.86% |
-16.16% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
37.652 |
31.976 |
33.055 |
3.37% |
-12.21% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
261.484 |
206.416 |
215.242 |
4.28% |
-17.68% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
499.175 |
424.964 |
448.393 |
5.51% |
-10.17% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
460.367 |
346.437 |
374.106 |
7.99% |
-18.74% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Sub-Index |
147.232 |
160.363 |
158.799 |
-0.98% |
7.86% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Sub-Index |
517.741 |
558.580 |
608.384 |
8.92% |
17.51% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index |
285.524 |
321.280 |
346.782 |
7.94% |
21.45% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Sub-Index |
22.074 |
22.196 |
25.619 |
15.42% |
16.06% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index |
475.469 |
392.158 |
401.234 |
2.31% |
-15.61% |
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 second quarter of 2011, an estimated $80.2 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
