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The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 9.74% for the month of May. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Unleaded Gas, Crude Oil and Silver had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 23.81%, 19.45%, and 18.46%, respectively. The Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index had the only downside performance in May, down -3.55%.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 3.50% with the Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 49.59% so far in 2009. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -42.19%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2008 |
Index Close 4/30/2009 |
Index Close 5/26/2009 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity
Index |
117.244 |
110.571 |
121.343 |
9.74% |
3.50% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy
Sub-Index |
138.342 |
105.888 |
122.772 |
15.95% |
-11.25% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
249.654 |
193.696 |
231.375 |
19.45% |
-7.32% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
10.898 |
6.079 |
6.300 |
3.64% |
-42.19% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
154.853 |
136.211 |
156.252 |
14.71% |
0.90% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
182.814 |
220.344 |
272.799 |
23.81% |
49.22% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum
Sub-Index |
218.487 |
189.623 |
226.995 |
19.71% |
3.89% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock
Sub-Index |
40.562 |
36.014 |
36.365 |
0.98% |
-10.35% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
13.744 |
11.160 |
11.271 |
0.99% |
-17.99% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
71.212 |
66.786 |
67.459 |
1.01% |
-5.27% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
82.513 |
85.280 |
91.311 |
7.07% |
10.66% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains
Sub-Index |
50.614 |
49.069 |
54.356 |
10.77% |
7.39% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
16.076 |
15.142 |
16.043 |
5.95% |
-0.21% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
130.444 |
140.379 |
157.743 |
12.37% |
20.93% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
28.083 |
23.583 |
26.902 |
14.07% |
-4.21% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
96.922 |
111.107 |
114.916 |
3.43% |
18.57% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
40.686 |
38.080 |
36.730 |
-3.55% |
-9.72% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
161.256 |
230.690 |
241.224 |
4.57% |
49.59% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
135.976 |
134.294 |
153.818 |
14.54% |
13.12% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
49.509 |
56.826 |
59.440 |
4.60% |
20.06% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
124.668 |
127.674 |
140.632 |
10.15% |
12.80% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
115.713 |
116.138 |
124.206 |
6.95% |
7.34% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
128.719 |
139.809 |
165.616 |
18.46% |
28.66% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs
Sub-Index |
42.599 |
45.593 |
50.421 |
10.59% |
18.36% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
23.132 |
23.089 |
27.183 |
17.73% |
17.51% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
13.484 |
14.431 |
14.619 |
1.31% |
8.42% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
114.499 |
130.597 |
144.967 |
11.00% |
26.61% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture
Sub-Index |
57.870 |
58.271 |
64.097 |
10.00% |
10.76% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
61.365 |
65.492 |
67.716 |
3.40% |
10.35% |
| Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index | 35.990 | 31.929 | 32.454 |
|
-9.83% |
| Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index | 111.191 | 145.698 | 158.384 | 8.71% | 42.44% |
| Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index | 272.324 | 318.826 | 328.391 | 3.00% | 20.59% |
| Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index | 172.914 | 205.217 | 226.632 | 10.44% | 31.07% |
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 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 fourth quarter of 2008, an estimated $23 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
