The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 0.64% for the month of July. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Cocoa, Copper and Aluminum had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 15.82%, 11.00%, and 10.84%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Corn, Soybean and Wheat , which were down -10.79%, -6.73%, and -4.53% respectively, in July.
Year-to-date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 5.18% with the Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 75.40% so far in 2009. Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -44.05%.
Index
Name |
Index
Close 12/31/2008 |
Index
Close 6/30/2009 |
Index
Close 7/24/2009 |
Month-to-Date
Percent Change |
Year-to-Date
Percent Change |
Dow
Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
117.244 |
122.536 |
123.316 |
0.64% |
5.18% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Energy Sub-Index |
138.342 |
132.258 |
128.376 |
-2.94% |
-7.20% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index |
249.654 |
256.184 |
246.094 |
-3.94% |
-1.43% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Natural Gas Sub-Index |
10.898 |
6.288 |
6.097 |
-3.04% |
-44.05% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Heating Oil Sub-Index |
154.853 |
175.737 |
172.954 |
-1.58% |
11.69% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
182.814 |
288.210 |
286.918 |
-0.45% |
56.95% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Petroleum Sub-Index |
218.487 |
249.392 |
242.138 |
-2.91% |
10.82% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Livestock Sub-Index |
40.562 |
35.099 |
34.611 |
-1.39% |
-14.67% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
13.744 |
9.922 |
9.625 |
-3.00% |
-29.97% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Live Cattle Sub-Index |
71.212 |
68.606 |
68.011 |
-0.87% |
-4.49% |
Dow
Jones-UBS ExEnergy Sub-Index |
82.513 |
89.312 |
91.574 |
2.53% |
10.98% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Grains Sub-Index |
50.614 |
48.040 |
44.505 |
-7.36% |
-12.07% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Corn Sub-Index |
16.076 |
13.025 |
11.620 |
-10.79% |
-27.72% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Soybean Sub-Index |
130.444 |
151.483 |
141.291 |
-6.73% |
8.32% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Wheat Sub-Index |
28.083 |
22.710 |
21.681 |
-4.53% |
-22.80% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Sub-Index |
96.922 |
124.090 |
136.931 |
10.35% |
41.28% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index |
40.686 |
41.030 |
45.476 |
10.84% |
11.77% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index |
161.256 |
254.804 |
282.842 |
11.00% |
75.40% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Nickel Sub-Index |
135.976 |
176.062 |
191.713 |
8.89% |
40.99% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Zinc Sub-Index |
49.509 |
60.992 |
66.425 |
8.91% |
34.17% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Precious Metals Sub-Index |
124.668 |
134.799 |
138.222 |
2.54% |
10.87% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Gold Sub-Index |
115.713 |
120.604 |
123.926 |
2.75% |
7.10% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Silver Sub-Index |
128.719 |
153.919 |
157.031 |
2.02% |
22.00% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Softs Sub-Index |
42.599 |
48.526 |
50.179 |
3.41% |
17.79% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Coffee Sub-Index |
23.132 |
23.514 |
24.308 |
3.38% |
5.08% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Cotton Sub-Index |
13.484 |
14.074 |
14.596 |
3.71% |
8.25% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Index |
114.499 |
151.551 |
156.475 |
3.25% |
36.66% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Agriculture Sub-Index |
57.870 |
58.636 |
56.700 |
-3.30% |
-2.02% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
61.365 |
63.008 |
60.709 |
-3.65% |
-1.07% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Cocoa Sub-Index |
35.990 |
33.483 |
38.778 |
15.82% |
7.75% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Lead Sub-Index |
111.191 |
184.247 |
189.399 |
2.80% |
70.34% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Platinum Sub-Index |
272.324 |
339.762 |
341.511 |
0.51% |
25.41% |
Dow
Jones-UBS Tin Sub-Index |
172.914 |
237.154 |
246.282 |
3.85% |
42.43% |
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.