CoreCommodity CRB Index

The Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) Index chart below looks vulnerable and prime for a breakdown.

The CRB index comprises 19 commodities quoted on the NYMEX, CBOT, LME, CME and COMEX exchanges. These are sorted into four groups, each with different weightings. These groups are:

• Petroleum-based products (based on their importance to global trade, always make up 33% of the weightings)

• Liquid assets

• Highly liquid assets

• Diverse commodities.

The index comprises 19 commodities: aluminum, cocoa, coffee, copper, corn, cotton, crude oil, gold, heating oil, lean hogs, live cattle, natural gas, nickel, orange juice, silver, soybeans, sugar, unleaded gas and wheat.