The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index was up 0.37% for the month of July. The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Lean Hogs, Wheat and Crude Oil had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 10.50%, 9.42% and 8.51%, respectively. The worst three performing single commodity indexes were Nickel, Natural Gas and Corn , which were down 15.84%, 9.61%, and 5.59%respectively, in July.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index is up 2.27% with the Dow Jones-AIG Copper Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 22.74% so far in 2007. Dow Jones-AIG Corn Sub-Index has the worst YTD performance, down 24.41%.
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Index
Name |
Index
Close 12/29/06 |
Index
Close 6/29/07 |
Index
Close 7/27/07 |
Month-to
Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date
Percent Change |
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Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index |
166.51 |
169.67 |
170.30 |
0.37% |
2.27% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Energy Sub-Index |
231.21 |
240.75 |
239.96 |
-0.33% |
3.79% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
386.73 |
391.50 |
424.81 |
8.51% |
9.85% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index |
22.80 |
22.18 |
20.05 |
-9.61% |
-12.07% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Heating Oil Sub-Index |
203.22 |
240.20 |
244.35 |
1.73% |
20.24% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
329.82 |
419.11 |
397.86 |
-5.07% |
20.63% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Petroleum Sub-Index |
334.65 |
366.43 |
382.23 |
4.31% |
14.22% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Livestock Sub-Index |
67.37 |
65.66 |
69.81 |
6.32% |
3.62% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
29.14 |
27.51 |
30.40 |
10.50% |
4.31% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Live Cattle Sub-Index |
104.29 |
103.65 |
107.93 |
4.13% |
3.49% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG ExEnergy Sub-Index |
110.35 |
110.72 |
111.54 |
0.74% |
1.07% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Grains Sub-Index |
51.36 |
52.77 |
52.29 |
-0.91% |
1.81% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Corn Sub-Index |
21.39 |
17.13 |
16.17 |
-5.59% |
-24.41% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Soybean Sub-Index |
108.83 |
126.45 |
120.53 |
-4.68% |
10.75% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Wheat Sub-Index |
30.48 |
33.17 |
36.29 |
9.42% |
19.05% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
220.79 |
231.79 |
230.34 |
-0.62% |
4.33% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Aluminum Sub-Index |
85.11 |
81.83 |
82.13 |
0.36% |
-3.50% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Copper Sub-Index |
334.99 |
399.97 |
411.16 |
2.80% |
22.74% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Nickel Sub-Index |
378.95 |
444.07 |
373.74 |
-15.84% |
-1.37% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Zinc Sub-Index |
180.58 |
143.62 |
149.28 |
3.94% |
-17.34% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Sub-Index |
109.57 |
107.10 |
108.72 |
1.51% |
-0.78% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Gold Sub-Index |
91.04 |
90.24 |
91.47 |
1.37% |
0.48% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index |
160.70 |
150.52 |
153.44 |
1.94% |
-4.52% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Softs Sub-Index |
65.49 |
56.53 |
57.39 |
1.52% |
-12.37% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Coffee Sub-Index |
33.99 |
28.15 |
28.13 |
-0.09% |
-17.24% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Cotton Sub-Index |
24.50 |
23.85 |
23.92 |
0.27% |
-2.39% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Sugar Sub-Index |
170.19 |
132.43 |
138.96 |
4.94% |
-18.35% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture Sub-Index |
65.25 |
64.84 |
64.72 |
-0.19% |
-0.81% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
64.64 |
76.94 |
76.76 |
-0.24% |
18.75% |
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, Euro-, Yen-, Swiss Franc-, and British Pound-denominated versions of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index, and the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Spot IndexSM. Also available are total return versions of each of the excess return indexes and sub-indexes. As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2006, there is an estimated $35 billion tracking the DJ-AIGCI, out of a total of approximately $110 billion tracking commodities using long only index strategies.
