The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 6.46% for the month of July.The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for corn, soybean meal and wheat had the strongest gains with month-end returns of 28.32%, 19.80% and 17.30%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were feeder cattle, orange juice and nickel, which ended the month down 9.82%,9.73%, and 5.33% respectively.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is up 2.48% with the Dow Jones-UBS Soybean Meal Subindex posting the highest gain of 72.22% so far in 2012. Dow Jones-UBS Orange Juice Subindex has the most significant downside YTD performance, down 33.63%.
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