The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was down -1.87% for the month of September. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Natural Gas, Cocoa and Silver had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 23.76%, 10.34%, and 7.62%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Sugar, Nickel and Wheat, which were down -11.60%, -11.57%, and -9.82% respectively, in September.
Year-to-date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 5.22% with the Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 111.94% so far in 2009. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -45.47%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2008 |
Index Close 8/31/2009 |
Index Close 9/25/2009 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity
Index |
117.244 |
125.719 |
123.367 |
-1.87% |
5.22% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Energy
Sub-Index |
138.342 |
121.847 |
120.954 |
-0.73% |
-12.57% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
249.654 |
244.082 |
228.054 |
-6.57% |
-8.65% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
10.898 |
4.802 |
5.943 |
23.76% |
-45.47% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
154.853 |
170.581 |
158.256 |
-7.23% |
2.20% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
182.814 |
291.803 |
264.952 |
-9.20% |
44.93% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum
Sub-Index |
218.487 |
241.264 |
223.967 |
-7.17% |
2.51% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock
Sub-Index |
40.562 |
32.516 |
32.796 |
0.86% |
-19.15% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
13.744 |
8.492 |
9.000 |
5.99% |
-34.51% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
71.212 |
65.681 |
64.840 |
-1.28% |
-8.95% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
82.513 |
96.702 |
94.363 |
-2.42% |
14.36% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Grains
Sub-Index |
50.614 |
45.266 |
43.179 |
-4.61% |
-14.69% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
16.076 |
11.909 |
12.063 |
1.29% |
-24.97% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
130.444 |
151.251 |
142.990 |
-5.46% |
9.62% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
28.083 |
19.845 |
17.895 |
-9.82% |
-36.28% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
96.922 |
150.060 |
143.427 |
-4.42% |
47.98% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
40.686 |
47.388 |
45.031 |
-4.97% |
10.68% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
161.256 |
315.316 |
305.722 |
-3.04% |
89.59% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
135.976 |
217.924 |
192.715 |
-11.57% |
41.73% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
49.509 |
73.394 |
72.994 |
-0.55% |
47.43% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
124.668 |
140.867 |
148.046 |
5.10% |
18.75% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
115.713 |
123.615 |
128.555 |
4.00% |
11.10% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
128.719 |
168.432 |
181.265 |
7.62% |
40.82% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Softs
Sub-Index |
42.599 |
56.692 |
54.491 |
-3.88% |
27.92% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
23.132 |
23.437 |
24.472 |
4.42% |
5.79% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
13.484 |
14.628 |
15.167 |
3.68% |
12.48% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
114.499 |
207.077 |
183.063 |
-11.60% |
59.88% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture
Sub-Index |
57.870 |
60.083 |
57.555 |
-4.21% |
-0.54% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
61.365 |
62.481 |
60.445 |
-3.26% |
-1.50% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
35.990 |
36.801 |
40.607 |
10.34% |
12.83% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
111.191 |
228.403 |
235.657 |
3.18% |
111.94% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
272.324 |
356.588 |
368.034 |
3.21% |
35.15% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
172.914 |
239.872 |
248.980 |
3.80% |
43.99% |
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 second quarter of 2009, an estimated $36 billion tracked the DJ-UBSCI group of indexes.
