Dow Jones Indexes Commodity Index Pre-Roll Analysis
Wed May 02 09:16:00 CDT 2012 CT
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Dow Jones Indexes Commodity Index Pre-Roll Analysis

Highlights for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index as of May 1, 2012

  • This month’s roll period will take place from Monday, May 7 to Monday, May 14. The next monthly roll period will take place from Thursday, June 7 to Thursday, June 14.
  • This month, only Brent Crude Oil, Gold, Lean Hogs and Live Cattle are rolling contracts to Jul-2012 and beyond within the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index. All other contracts had rolled last month to Jul-2012 futures.
  • The largest price increases in component futures contracts over the last 30 days come from Soybeans (+5.3%), Zinc (+2.2%), and Natural Gas (+1.5%).
  • The largest price decreases in component futures contracts over the last 30 days come from Lean Hogs (-6.9%), Silver (-6.7%), Unleaded Gasoline (-5.9%), Cotton (-4.2%), and Wheat (-4.0%).