Dow Jones Releases Preliminary Review Of AIG Commodity Indexes For January 2009

According to the preliminary statistics issued by Dow Jones, its AIG Commodity Index was down 3.42% in January 2009. The Dow Jones AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Tin, Lead and Sugar had the strongest gains with month to date returns

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According to the preliminary statistics issued by Dow Jones, its AIG Commodity Index was down -3.42% in January 2009.

The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Tin, Lead and Sugar had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 15.49%, 11.59%, and 7.54%, respectively.

The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Natural Gas, Aluminum and Wheat, which were down -20.58%, -13.51%, and -4.58% respectively, in January.

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