The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 7.55% for the month of October. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Wheat, Corn and Unleaded Gas had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 19.73%, 15.62%, and 15.58%, respectively. Sugar and Natural Gas posted the most significant downside performing single commodity indexes, down -8.94%, -2.90% respectively, in October.
Year-to-date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 17.12% with the Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 128.07% so far in 2009. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -48.19%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close
12/31/2008 |
Index Close
9/30/2009 |
Index Close
10/23/2009 |
Month-to-
Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date
Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
117.244 |
127.683 |
137.318 |
7.55% |
17.12% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
138.342 |
126.576 |
138.188 |
9.17% |
-0.11% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
249.654 |
243.910 |
276.614 |
13.41% |
10.80% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
10.898 |
5.814 |
5.646 |
-2.90% |
-48.19% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
154.853 |
169.931 |
192.132 |
13.06% |
24.07% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
182.814 |
283.673 |
327.860 |
15.58% |
79.34% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
218.487 |
239.720 |
272.740 |
13.77% |
24.83% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
40.562 |
33.120 |
34.155 |
3.13% |
-15.79% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
13.744 |
9.106 |
9.735 |
6.91% |
-29.17% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
71.212 |
65.429 |
66.398 |
1.48% |
-6.76% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
82.513 |
97.136 |
103.619 |
6.67% |
25.58% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
50.614 |
43.762 |
49.545 |
13.21% |
-2.11% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
16.076 |
12.424 |
14.365 |
15.62% |
-10.64% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
130.444 |
143.144 |
155.092 |
8.35% |
18.90% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
28.083 |
18.203 |
21.794 |
19.73% |
-22.39% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
96.922 |
148.976 |
160.168 |
7.51% |
65.25% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
40.686 |
46.851 |
48.615 |
3.77% |
19.49% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
161.256 |
314.479 |
338.520 |
7.64% |
109.93% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
135.976 |
204.063 |
216.351 |
6.02% |
59.11% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
49.509 |
76.449 |
87.872 |
14.94% |
77.49% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
124.668 |
151.581 |
159.479 |
5.21% |
27.92% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
115.713 |
130.849 |
136.955 |
4.67% |
18.36% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
128.719 |
188.015 |
200.035 |
6.39% |
55.40% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
42.599 |
57.222 |
56.690 |
-0.93% |
33.08% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
23.132 |
24.491 |
26.283 |
7.32% |
13.62% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
13.484 |
15.387 |
16.499 |
7.22% |
22.36% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
114.499 |
200.602 |
182.668 |
-8.94% |
59.54% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
57.870 |
59.086 |
63.335 |
7.19% |
9.44% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
61.365 |
60.252 |
66.534 |
10.43% |
8.42% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
35.990 |
41.358 |
44.321 |
7.17% |
23.15% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
111.191 |
246.268 |
253.591 |
2.97% |
128.07% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
272.324 |
372.032 |
391.049 |
5.11% |
43.60% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
172.914 |
258.258 |
261.340 |
1.19% |
51.14% |
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 first quarter of 2009, an estimated $27.5 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
