Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index

For more than 50 years, this world-renowned index has served as the most widely recognized measure of global commodities markets. As a benchmark, the Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index is designed to provide timely and accurate representation of a long-only, broadly diversified investment in commodities through a transparent and disciplined calculation methodology.

The history of the Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index dates back to 1957, when the Commodity Research Bureau constructed an index comprised of 28 commodities that made its inaugural appearance in the 1958 CRB Commodity Year Book.

Since then, as commodity markets have evolved, the Index has undergone periodic updates to remain a leading benchmark for the performance of commodities as an asset class.

The Index was renamed the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index in 2005 when it underwent its tenth revision - as the collaborative effort of Reuters (now Thomson Reuters), the global information company, and Jefferies Financial Products, LLC - to maintain its continued accurate representation of modern commodity markets. The Index was renamed the Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index in 2009 to reflect the 2008 combination of the Thomson Corporation and Reuters Group PLC.