The index will measure stock performance of companies engaged in exploration or production of scarce, renewable commodities and will include a Shariah compliant sub-index.
Commodity sectors represented in the index include agriculture, energy, metals, precious metals and water. In addition to The Dow Jones Global Commodity Equity 100 Index, the series includes four sub-indexes. These include: Dow Jones Global Equity Agriculture Index; Dow Jones Global Equity Energy Index; Dow Jones Global Equity Scarcity Index, which defines “scarcity” as natural resources that can’t be replenished; and. Dow Jones Islamic Market Global Equity Commodity Index, which measures all companies in the parent index that pass the Shariah screens. “As the...
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