The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was down 3.88% for the month of October. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indices for lean hogs, natural gas and live cattle had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 6.14%, 2.06% and 0.98%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indices were nickel, zinc and coffee, which ended the month down 12.51%, 11.67%, and 10.86% respectively.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 1.47% with the Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Subindex posting the highest gain of 66.91% so far in 2012. Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Subindex has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 35.05%.
Index Name |
Index Close 12/30/2011 |
Index Close 9/28/2012 |
Index Close 10/31/2012 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index |
140.680 |
148.506 |
142.742 |
-3.88% |
1.47% |
Dow Jones-UBS Energy Subindex |
98.126 |
93.820 |
91.681 |
-2.28% |
-6.57% |
Dow Jones-UBS Brent Crude Subindex |
604.562 |
649.764 |
630.024 |
-3.04% |
4.21% |
Dow Jones-UBS WTI Crude Oil Subindex |
259.683 |
233.997 |
218.068 |
-6.81% |
-16.03% |
Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Subindex |
1.653 |
1.290 |
1.316 |
2.06% |
-20.39% |
Dow Jones-UBS Heating Oil Subindex |
223.056 |
242.636 |
237.786 |
-2.00% |
6.60% |
Dow Jones-UBS Unleaded Gas Subindex |
411.978 |
518.827 |
492.038 |
-5.16% |
19.43% |
Dow Jones-UBS Petroleum Subindex |
279.200 |
284.504 |
270.911 |
-4.78% |
-2.97% |
Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Subindex |
36.648 |
33.747 |
34.653 |
2.68% |
-5.44% |
Dow Jones-UBS Lean Hogs Subindex |
10.164 |
9.103 |
9.662 |
6.14% |
-4.93% |
Dow Jones-UBS Live Cattle Subindex |
72.869 |
67.982 |
68.650 |
0.98% |
-5.79% |
Dow Jones-UBS ExEnergy Subindex |
124.946 |
137.785 |
131.475 |
-4.58% |
5.23% |
Dow Jones-UBS Grains Subindex |
55.315 |
73.949 |
72.101 |
-2.50% |
30.35% |
Dow Jones-UBS Corn Subindex |
19.026 |
24.596 |
24.580 |
-0.07% |
29.20% |
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Subindex |
180.281 |
253.240 |
245.093 |
-3.22% |
35.95% |
Dow Jones-UBS Wheat Subindex |
16.560 |
21.416 |
20.514 |
-4.21% |
23.88% |
Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Subindex |
153.107 |
159.867 |
145.027 |
-9.28% |
-5.28% |
Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Subindex |
44.780 |
44.410 |
39.869 |
-10.22% |
-10.97% |
Dow Jones-UBS Copper Subindex |
361.876 |
391.874 |
366.795 |
-6.40% |
1.36% |
Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Subindex |
208.952 |
203.844 |
178.346 |
-12.51% |
-14.65% |
Dow Jones-UBS Zinc Subindex |
64.437 |
71.931 |
63.535 |
-11.67% |
-1.40% |
Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Subindex |
239.410 |
274.405 |
263.684 |
-3.91% |
10.14% |
Dow Jones-UBS Gold Subindex |
199.920 |
224.590 |
217.652 |
-3.09% |
8.87% |
Dow Jones-UBS Silver Subindex |
309.397 |
379.809 |
354.973 |
-6.54% |
14.73% |
Dow Jones-UBS Softs Subindex |
84.228 |
70.202 |
66.209 |
-5.69% |
-21.39% |
Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Subindex |
37.709 |
27.476 |
24.491 |
-10.86% |
-35.05% |
Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Subindex |
27.129 |
22.453 |
22.269 |
-0.82% |
-17.92% |
Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Subindex |
25.450 |
30.460 |
28.911 |
-5.09% |
13.60% |
Dow Jones-UBS Lead Subindex |
209.116 |
231.319 |
208.821 |
-9.73% |
-0.14% |
Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Subindex |
389.924 |
459.307 |
433.911 |
-5.53% |
11.28% |
Dow Jones-UBS Tin Subindex |
325.886 |
370.759 |
338.117 |
-8.80% |
3.75% |
Dow Jones-UBS Feeder Cattle Subindex |
160.986 |
143.524 |
144.814 |
0.90% |
-10.05% |
Dow Jones-UBS Gas Oil Subindex |
340.947 |
371.939 |
368.695 |
-0.87% |
8.14% |
Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Subindex |
26.213 |
18.758 |
17.644 |
-5.94% |
-32.69% |
Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Subindex |
389.279 |
659.570 |
649.747 |
-1.49% |
66.91% |
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/