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The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 3.24% for the month of October. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Sugar, Cotton and Zinc had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 20.19%, 17.45%, and 14.18%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Natural Gas, Orange Juice and Lean Hogs, which were down 13.11%, 7.15%, and 5.64% respectively, in October.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 4.06% with the Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 58.07% so far in 2010. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 47.24%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2009 |
Index Close 9/30/2010 |
Index Close 10/22/2010 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity
Index |
139.187 |
140.294 |
144.835 |
3.24% |
4.06% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy
Sub-Index |
130.794 |
107.677 |
104.430 |
-3.01% |
-20.16% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
260.122 |
240.895 |
243.818 |
1.21% |
-6.27% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
5.271 |
3.201 |
2.781 |
-13.11% |
-47.24% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
186.358 |
184.324 |
182.749 |
-0.85% |
-1.94% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
318.796 |
300.358 |
306.327 |
1.99% |
-3.91% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum
Sub-Index |
259.308 |
243.623 |
245.998 |
0.97% |
-5.13% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock
Sub-Index |
34.394 |
36.858 |
36.599 |
-0.70% |
6.41% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.637 |
11.000 |
10.379 |
-5.64% |
-2.43% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
64.154 |
70.393 |
71.877 |
2.11% |
12.04% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
108.730 |
119.686 |
126.504 |
5.70% |
16.35% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains
Sub-Index |
49.702 |
53.382 |
57.601 |
7.90% |
15.89% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
14.424 |
15.197 |
17.166 |
12.96% |
19.02% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
160.084 |
172.891 |
187.534 |
8.47% |
17.15% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
20.742 |
22.479 |
22.371 |
-0.48% |
7.85% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
174.165 |
179.854 |
186.010 |
3.42% |
6.80% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
54.362 |
55.000 |
55.093 |
0.17% |
1.34% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
370.260 |
394.168 |
409.874 |
3.98% |
10.70% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
210.270 |
263.063 |
260.795 |
-0.86% |
24.03% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
98.026 |
80.505 |
91.921 |
14.18% |
-6.23% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
160.817 |
195.298 |
200.126 |
2.47% |
24.44% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
141.938 |
168.373 |
170.366 |
1.18% |
20.03% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
189.741 |
243.687 |
258.172 |
5.94% |
36.07% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs
Sub-Index |
61.349 |
71.230 |
81.779 |
14.81% |
33.30% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
25.475 |
32.746 |
35.572 |
8.63% |
39.64% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
17.519 |
23.576 |
27.692 |
17.45% |
58.07% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
212.928 |
192.685 |
231.583 |
20.19% |
8.76% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture
Sub-Index |
65.702 |
72.250 |
79.133 |
9.53% |
20.44% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
69.965 |
73.362 |
78.555 |
7.08% |
12.28% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS |
42.594 |
35.314 |
35.715 |
1.14% |
-16.15% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
258.751 |
234.675 |
259.833 |
10.72% |
0.42% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
418.823 |
467.085 |
471.732 |
0.99% |
12.63% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
291.401 |
414.579 |
451.362 |
8.87% |
54.89% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Sub-Index |
120.217 |
134.876 |
134.757 |
-0.09% |
12.09% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Sub-Index |
465.182 |
456.220 |
458.529 |
0.51% |
-1.43% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index |
258.656 |
264.419 |
263.693 |
-0.27% |
1.95% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS |
18.955 |
21.554 |
20.014 |
-7.15% |
5.59% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index |
342.805 |
394.370 |
425.392 |
7.87% |
24.09% |
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 brent crude, cocoa, feeder cattle, gas oil, lead, orange juice, platinum, soybean meal 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 first quarter of 2010, an estimated $57 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
