The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 4.48% for the month of February. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Lead, Cotton and Zinc had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 16.41%, 12.57% and 11.91%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Sugar, Cocoa and Tin, which were down -10.62%, -3.34%, and -1.26% respectively, in February.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is down -3.12% with the Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 11.57% so far in 2010. Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -13.13%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close
12/31/2009 |
Index Close
1/29/2010 |
Index Close
2/19/2010 |
Month-to-Date
Percent Change |
Year-to-Date
Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
139.187 |
129.051 |
134.838 |
4.48% |
-3.12% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
130.794 |
120.052 |
126.532 |
5.40% |
-3.26% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
260.122 |
236.944 |
258.449 |
9.08% |
-0.64% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
5.271 |
4.889 |
4.847 |
-0.86% |
-8.05% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
186.358 |
168.011 |
181.750 |
8.18% |
-2.47% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
318.796 |
294.451 |
318.134 |
8.04% |
-0.21% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
259.308 |
236.414 |
257.101 |
8.75% |
-0.85% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
34.394 |
33.981 |
35.116 |
3.34% |
2.10% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.637 |
10.455 |
10.615 |
1.53% |
-0.20% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
64.154 |
63.590 |
66.383 |
4.39% |
3.47% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
108.730 |
101.290 |
105.397 |
4.05% |
-3.07% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
49.702 |
43.168 |
44.226 |
2.45% |
-11.02% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
14.424 |
12.405 |
12.530 |
1.01% |
-13.13% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
160.084 |
139.548 |
144.164 |
3.31% |
-9.94% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
20.742 |
18.157 |
18.729 |
3.15% |
-9.70% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
174.165 |
158.907 |
171.997 |
8.24% |
-1.24% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
54.362 |
50.406 |
51.666 |
2.50% |
-4.96% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
370.260 |
337.732 |
371.622 |
10.03% |
0.37% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
210.270 |
209.725 |
234.597 |
11.86% |
11.57% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
98.026 |
80.392 |
89.964 |
11.91% |
-8.22% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
160.817 |
158.126 |
162.864 |
3.00% |
1.27% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
141.938 |
140.162 |
145.115 |
3.53% |
2.24% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
189.741 |
182.363 |
184.875 |
1.38% |
-2.56% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
61.349 |
61.662 |
61.492 |
-0.28% |
0.23% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
25.475 |
24.678 |
25.343 |
2.69% |
-0.52% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
17.519 |
15.996 |
18.007 |
12.57% |
2.79% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
212.928 |
236.235 |
211.156 |
-10.62% |
-0.83% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
65.702 |
59.785 |
61.041 |
2.10% |
-7.10% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
69.965 |
62.022 |
66.065 |
6.52% |
-5.57% |
| Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
42.594 |
41.234 |
39.856 |
-3.34% |
-6.43% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
258.751 |
214.703 |
249.930 |
16.41% |
-3.41% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
418.823 |
428.788 |
439.493 |
2.50% |
4.94% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
291.401 |
295.323 |
291.598 |
-1.26% |
0.07% |
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 third quarter of 2009, an estimated $43 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
