The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index was down -7.25% for the month of February. The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Silver, Platinum and Gold had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 15.36%, 10.53%, and 7.95%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Crude Oil, Heating Oil and Nickel, which were down-19.55%, -17.49%, and -15.43% respectively, in February.
Year to date, the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index is down -12.25% with the Dow Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index posting the highest gain of 28.33% so far in 2009. Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index has the most significant downside YTD performance, down -30.99%.
Index Name |
Index Close 12/31/2008 |
Index Close 1/30/2009 |
Index Close 2/20/2009 |
Month-to-Date Percent Change |
Year-to-Date Percent Change |
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity
Index |
117.244 |
110.930 |
102.884 |
-7.25% |
-12.25% |
Dow Jones-AIG Energy
Sub-Index |
138.342 |
121.071 |
103.017 |
-14.91% |
-25.53% |
Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
249.654 |
214.150 |
172.285 |
-19.55% |
-30.99% |
Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas Sub-Index |
10.898 |
8.509 |
7.720 |
-9.27% |
-29.16% |
Dow Jones-AIG Heating Oil Sub-Index |
154.853 |
151.307 |
124.846 |
-17.49% |
-19.38% |
Dow Jones-AIG Unleaded Gas Sub-Index |
182.814 |
209.045 |
184.738 |
-11.63% |
1.05% |
Dow Jones-AIG Petroleum
Sub-Index |
218.487 |
202.940 |
167.322 |
-17.55% |
-23.42% |
Dow Jones-AIG Livestock
Sub-Index |
40.562 |
38.351 |
36.769 |
-4.12% |
-9.35% |
Dow Jones-AIG Lean Hogs Sub-Index |
13.744 |
12.895 |
11.866 |
-7.98% |
-13.66% |
Dow Jones-AIG Live Cattle Sub-Index |
71.212 |
67.512 |
66.183 |
-1.97% |
-7.06% |
Dow Jones-AIG ExEnergy
Sub-Index |
82.513 |
80.754 |
77.796 |
-3.66% |
-5.72% |
Dow Jones-AIG Grains
Sub-Index |
50.614 |
48.533 |
43.684 |
-9.99% |
-13.69% |
Dow Jones-AIG Corn Sub-Index |
16.076 |
14.970 |
13.805 |
-7.78% |
-14.13% |
Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Sub-Index |
130.444 |
130.444 |
114.355 |
-12.33% |
-12.33% |
Dow Jones-AIG Wheat Sub-Index |
28.083 |
26.117 |
23.836 |
-8.74% |
-15.12% |
Dow Jones-AIG Industrial
Metals Sub-Index |
96.922 |
91.475 |
87.190 |
-4.68% |
-10.04% |
Dow Jones-AIG Aluminum Sub-Index |
40.686 |
35.302 |
33.935 |
-3.87% |
-16.59% |
Dow Jones-AIG Copper Sub-Index |
161.256 |
167.946 |
162.505 |
-3.24% |
0.77% |
Dow Jones-AIG Nickel Sub-Index |
135.976 |
129.998 |
109.943 |
-15.43% |
-19.15% |
Dow Jones-AIG Zinc Sub-Index |
49.509 |
44.659 |
44.752 |
0.21% |
-9.61% |
Dow Jones-AIG Precious
Metals Sub-Index |
124.668 |
132.611 |
145.846 |
9.98% |
16.99% |
Dow Jones-AIG Gold Sub-Index |
115.713 |
121.274 |
130.914 |
7.95% |
13.14% |
Dow Jones-AIG Silver Sub-Index |
128.719 |
143.192 |
165.191 |
15.36% |
28.33% |
Dow Jones-AIG Softs
Sub-Index |
42.599 |
44.757 |
42.063 |
-6.02% |
-1.26% |
Dow Jones-AIG Coffee Sub-Index |
23.132 |
24.546 |
22.540 |
-8.17% |
-2.56% |
Dow Jones-AIG Cotton Sub-Index |
13.484 |
13.591 |
11.879 |
-12.60% |
-11.90% |
Dow Jones-AIG Sugar Sub-Index |
114.499 |
122.836 |
123.767 |
0.76% |
8.09% |
Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture
Sub-Index |
57.870 |
57.061 |
52.168 |
-8.57% |
-9.85% |
Dow Jones-AIG Soybean Oil Sub-Index |
61.365 |
59.777 |
55.207 |
-7.64% |
-10.04% |
Dow Jones-AIG Cocoa Sub-Index |
35.990 |
37.422 |
32.882 |
-12.13% |
-8.64% |
Dow Jones-AIG Lead Sub-Index |
111.191 |
124.521 | 113.684 |
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Dow Jones-AIG Platinum Sub-Index |
272.324 | 286.729 |
316.926 |
10.53% |
|
Dow Jones-AIG Tin Sub-Index |
172.914 | 175.496 | 172.660 | -1.62% | -0.15% |
The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index is composed of 19 futures contracts on physical commodities and was introduced in 1999. The DJ-AIGCI family of indexes includes nine sector sub-indexes, multiple forward month indexes; sub-indexes for each individual commodity in the original DJ-AIGCI 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-AIG Commodity Index; Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Spot IndexSM; and total return versions of each of the excess return indexes and sub-indexes.
As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2008, an estimated $23 billion tracked the DJ-AIGCI group of indexes.