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The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 7.20% for the month of September. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Sugar, Corn and Cotton had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 28.50%, 18.78%, and 15.93%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Feeder Cattle, Natural Gas and Live Cattle, which were down 5.02%, 3.35%, and 1.86% respectively, in September.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 0.75% with the Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 38.44% so far in 2010. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 37.13%.
|
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2009 |
Index Close 8/31/2010 |
Index Close 9/24/2010 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
|
Dow Jones-UBS
Commodity Index |
139.187 |
130.814 |
140.226 |
7.20% |
0.75% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS
Energy Sub-Index |
130.794 |
102.952 |
105.138 |
2.12% |
-19.62% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
260.122 |
221.526 |
230.412 |
4.01% |
-11.42% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
5.271 |
3.429 |
3.314 |
-3.35% |
-37.13% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
186.358 |
163.809 |
174.741 |
6.67% |
-6.23% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
318.796 |
274.425 |
286.241 |
4.31% |
-10.21% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS
Petroleum Sub-Index |
259.308 |
222.465 |
232.518 |
4.52% |
-10.33% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS
Livestock Sub-Index |
34.394 |
36.597 |
36.792 |
0.53% |
6.97% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
10.637 |
10.721 |
11.231 |
4.76% |
5.58% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
64.154 |
70.662 |
69.350 |
-1.86% |
8.10% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS
ExEnergy Sub-Index |
108.730 |
110.516 |
120.684 |
9.20% |
10.99% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS
Grains Sub-Index |
49.702 |
49.594 |
55.688 |
12.29% |
12.04% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
14.424 |
13.465 |
15.994 |
18.78% |
10.89% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
160.084 |
157.777 |
175.898 |
11.49% |
9.88% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
20.742 |
22.871 |
24.014 |
4.99% |
15.77% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS
Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
174.165 |
163.067 |
178.424 |
9.42% |
2.45% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
54.362 |
48.323 |
54.243 |
12.25% |
-0.22% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
370.260 |
363.781 |
390.552 |
7.36% |
5.48% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
210.270 |
232.887 |
257.516 |
10.58% |
22.47% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
98.026 |
76.041 |
82.516 |
8.52% |
-15.82% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS
Precious Metals Sub-Index |
160.817 |
183.060 |
193.024 |
5.44% |
20.03% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
141.938 |
160.749 |
166.895 |
3.82% |
17.58% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
189.741 |
217.008 |
238.975 |
10.12% |
25.95% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS
Softs Sub-Index |
61.349 |
63.021 |
71.198 |
12.97% |
16.05% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
25.475 |
31.923 |
32.308 |
1.20% |
26.82% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
17.519 |
19.940 |
23.116 |
15.93% |
31.95% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
212.928 |
155.826 |
200.235 |
28.50% |
-5.96% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS
Agriculture Sub-Index |
65.702 |
66.042 |
74.259 |
12.44% |
13.02% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
69.965 |
65.162 |
73.037 |
12.08% |
4.39% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
42.594 |
34.335 |
35.063 |
2.12% |
-17.68% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
258.751 |
213.899 |
236.538 |
10.58% |
-8.58% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
418.823 |
430.733 |
463.368 |
7.58% |
10.64% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
291.401 |
359.029 |
403.408 |
12.36% |
38.44% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Sub-Index |
120.217 |
138.424 |
131.473 |
-5.02% |
9.36% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Sub-Index |
465.182 |
417.061 |
437.140 |
4.81% |
-6.03% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Sub-Index |
258.656 |
243.292 |
255.593 |
5.06% |
-1.18% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Sub-Index |
18.955 |
19.281 |
21.726 |
12.68% |
14.62% |
|
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Sub-Index |
342.805 |
379.335 |
407.348 |
7.38% |
18.83% |
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.
