.jpg)
The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index was up 0.39% for the month of November. The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Soybean Oil, Soybean and Heating Oil had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 10.18%, 7.26%, and 6.76%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Zinc, Copper and Nickel, which were down 19.33%, 13.78%, and 9.31% respectively, in November.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/29/2006 |
Index Close 10/31/2007 |
Index Close 11/23/2007 |
Month-to Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index |
166.51 |
183.52 |
184.24 |
0.39% |
10.65% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Energy Sub-Index |
231.21 |
273.59 |
276.63 |
1.11% |
19.65% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
386.73 |
526.46 |
554.17 |
5.26% |
43.30% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index |
22.80 |
20.57 |
19.03 |
-7.49% |
-16.57% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Heating Oil Sub-Index |
203.22 |
285.26 |
304.54 |
6.76% |
49.85% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
329.82 |
460.39 |
482.65 |
4.84% |
46.34% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Petroleum Sub-Index |
334.65 |
462.43 |
487.68 |
5.46% |
45.73% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Livestock Sub-Index |
67.37 |
59.21 |
60.10 |
1.49% |
-10.80% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
29.14 |
21.69 |
22.25 |
2.58% |
-23.65% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Live Cattle Sub-Index |
104.29 |
99.65 |
100.53 |
0.88% |
-3.60% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG ExEnergy Sub-Index |
110.35 |
116.18 |
116.14 |
-0.04% |
5.24% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Grains Sub-Index |
51.36 |
61.61 |
64.45 |
4.61% |
25.49% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Corn Sub-Index |
21.39 |
17.99 |
18.61 |
3.45% |
-12.98% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Soybean Sub-Index |
108.83 |
144.30 |
154.78 |
7.26% |
42.22% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Wheat Sub-Index |
30.48 |
43.58 |
44.31 |
1.68% |
45.35% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
220.79 |
216.76 |
195.11 |
-9.99% |
-11.63% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Aluminum Sub-Index |
85.11 |
74.04 |
72.25 |
-2.42% |
-15.11% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Copper Sub-Index |
334.99 |
402.98 |
347.46 |
-13.78% |
3.72% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Nickel Sub-Index |
378.95 |
386.77 |
350.77 |
-9.31% |
-7.44% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Zinc Sub-Index |
180.58 |
122.65 |
98.95 |
-19.33% |
-45.21% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Sub-Index |
109.57 |
126.95 |
131.18 |
3.33% |
19.72% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Gold Sub-Index |
91.04 |
108.21 |
112.22 |
3.70% |
23.26% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index |
160.70 |
171.79 |
175.40 |
2.10% |
9.15% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Softs Sub-Index |
65.49 |
57.69 |
56.50 |
-2.06% |
-13.73% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Coffee Sub-Index |
33.99 |
29.30 |
29.56 |
0.90% |
-13.03% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Cotton Sub-Index |
24.50 |
24.13 |
23.05 |
-4.48% |
-5.92% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Sugar Sub-Index |
170.19 |
133.89 |
131.21 |
-2.00% |
-22.90% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture Sub-Index |
65.25 |
72.79 |
75.39 |
3.57% |
15.54% |
|
Dow
Jones-AIG Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
64.64 |
85.55 |
94.26 |
10.18% |
45.84% |
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 second quarter of 2007, we estimate there is $38 billion tracking the DJ-AIGCI, out of a total of approximately $120 billion tracking commodities using long only index strategies.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index is up 10.65% with the Dow Jones-AIG Heating Oil Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 49.85% so far in 2007. Dow Jones-AIG Zinc Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 45.21%.
