The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 0.04% for the month of November. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indices for orange juice, tin and aluminum had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 15.73%, 9.69% and 9.62%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indices were soybean meal, soybean and natural gas, which ended the month down 8.48%, 7.10% and 6.78%, respectively.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 1.51% with the Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Subindex posting the highest gain of 52.76% so far in 2012. Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Subindex has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 38.88%.
Index Name |
Index Close 12/30/2011 |
Index Close 10/31/2012 |
Index Close 11/30/2012 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
140.680 |
142.742 |
142.803 |
0.04% |
1.51% |
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Subindex |
98.126 |
91.681 |
90.632 |
-1.14% |
-7.64% |
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Subindex |
604.562 |
630.024 |
648.132 |
2.87% |
7.21% |
Dow Jones-UBS WTI Crude Oil Subindex |
259.683 |
218.068 |
223.550 |
2.51% |
-13.91% |
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Subindex |
1.653 |
1.316 |
1.227 |
-6.78% |
-25.79% |
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Subindex |
223.056 |
237.786 |
238.471 |
0.29% |
6.91% |
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Subindex |
411.978 |
492.038 |
516.260 |
4.92% |
25.31% |
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Subindex |
279.200 |
270.911 |
277.978 |
2.61% |
-0.44% |
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Subindex |
36.648 |
34.653 |
35.163 |
1.47% |
-4.05% |
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Subindex |
10.164 |
9.662 |
9.996 |
3.46% |
-1.65% |
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Subindex |
72.869 |
68.650 |
68.955 |
0.44% |
-5.37% |
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Subindex |
124.946 |
131.475 |
132.258 |
0.60% |
5.85% |
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Subindex |
55.315 |
72.101 |
69.584 |
-3.49% |
25.79% |
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Subindex |
19.026 |
24.580 |
24.389 |
-0.78% |
28.19% |
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Subindex |
180.281 |
245.093 |
227.685 |
-7.10% |
26.30% |
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Subindex |
16.560 |
20.514 |
20.159 |
-1.73% |
21.73% |
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Subindex |
153.107 |
145.027 |
155.155 |
6.98% |
1.34% |
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Subindex |
44.780 |
39.869 |
43.702 |
9.62% |
-2.41% |
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Subindex |
361.876 |
366.795 |
379.394 |
3.44% |
4.84% |
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Subindex |
208.952 |
178.346 |
194.232 |
8.91% |
-7.04% |
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Subindex |
64.437 |
63.535 |
69.424 |
9.27% |
7.74% |
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Subindex |
239.410 |
263.684 |
264.315 |
0.24% |
10.40% |
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Subindex |
199.920 |
217.652 |
216.556 |
-0.50% |
8.32% |
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Subindex |
309.397 |
354.973 |
364.615 |
2.72% |
17.85% |
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Subindex |
84.228 |
66.209 |
65.575 |
-0.96% |
-22.15% |
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Subindex |
37.709 |
24.491 |
23.048 |
-5.89% |
-38.88% |
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Subindex |
27.129 |
22.269 |
23.268 |
4.49% |
-14.23% |
Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Subindex |
232.052 |
201.297 |
200.055 |
-0.62% |
-13.79% |
Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Subindex |
77.781 |
87.039 |
84.586 |
-2.82% |
8.75% |
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Oil Subindex |
79.220 |
73.302 |
72.156 |
-1.56% |
-8.92% |
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Subindex |
25.450 |
28.911 |
30.268 |
4.69% |
18.93% |
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Subindex |
209.116 |
208.821 |
227.804 |
9.09% |
8.94% |
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Subindex |
389.924 |
433.911 |
441.505 |
1.75% |
13.23% |
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Subindex |
325.886 |
338.117 |
370.867 |
9.69% |
13.80% |
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Subindex |
160.986 |
144.814 |
141.820 |
-2.07% |
-11.91% |
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Subindex |
340.947 |
368.695 |
372.211 |
0.95% |
9.17% |
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Subindex |
26.213 |
17.644 |
20.418 |
15.73% |
-22.10% |
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Subindex |
389.279 |
649.747 |
594.644 |
-8.48% |
52.76% |
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is composed of 20 futures contracts on physical commodities and was introduced in 1999. The DJ-UBSCI family of indices includes nine sector subindices, multiple forward month indices; subindices 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 indices and subindices.
For more information, please visit: http://www.djindexes.com/commodity/