Due to its construction it was not useful as an investment index. Description: All Commodity Price Index, 2016 = 100, includes both Fuel and Non-Fuel Price Indices. It is an index that tracks a basket of commodities to measure their performance. A later practically investable commodity futures index was the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, created in 1991 and known as the "GSCI". Get updated commodity futures prices. Other commodity indices include the Reuters / CRB index (which is the old CRB Index re-structured in 2005) and the Rogers Index. Commodity Price Index Monthly Price - Index Number. It differed from the GSCI primarily in the weights allocated to each commodity. A commodity index is an investment vehicle that tracks the price and the return on investment of a basket of commodities. Find information about commodity prices and trading, and find the latest commodity index comparison charts. [1] The next such index was the CRB ("Commodity Research Bureau") Index, which began in 1958. The value of these … Th… Description: All Commodity Price Index, 2016 = 100, includes both Fuel and Non-Fuel Price Indices, See also: Agricultural production statistics, See also: Commodities glossary - Definitions of terms used in commodity trading. precious and base metals) in the index. After AIG's financial problems in 2008 the Index rights were sold to UBS and then to Bloomberg and it is now known as the Bloomberg Commodity Index. 6m 1y 5y 10y 15y 20y 25y 30y. Login to read the headlines. It is designed to be representative of the broad commodity asset class or a specific subset of commodities, such as energy or metals. The first index to track commodity futures prices was the Dow Jones futures index which started being listed in 1933. It is an index that tracks a basket of commodities to measure their performance. The constituents in a commodity price index can be broadly grouped into the following categories: "The Food Bubble", Frederick Kaufman, Harper's, 2010 July, UBS Bloomberg Constant Maturity Commodity Index, Commodity Indexes Overview and Analysis by Rogers Raw Materials, Research Database of Commodity Price Indices, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commodity_price_index&oldid=969524915, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Energy (such as Coal, Crude Oil, Ethanol, Gas Oil, Gasoline, Heating Oil, Natural Gas, Propane), Grains (such as Corn, Oats, Rice, Soybeans, Wheat), Softs (such as Coffee, Cocoa, Sugar, Butter, Cotton, Milk, Orange Juice), Livestock (such as Hogs, Live Cattle, Pork Bellies, Feeder Cattle), This page was last edited on 25 July 2020, at 23:53. [2] The next was the Dow Jones AIG Commodity Index. Range. Feb-2020 Mar-2020 Apr-2020 May-2020 Jun-2020 Jul-2020 79.94 83.61 87.27 90.93 94.59 98.26 101.92 105.58 109.25 112.91 116.57 Index Number. Registration is free and only takes a moment.