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Russell Europe Growth Index
Fact sheet

Monthly data
As of July 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap ($-WTD)                   61.261
Median market cap                   1.368
Largest stock by market cap                   281.092
Smallest stock by market cap                   0.114
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   3.15
Dividend yield                   2.62
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   13.9
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   12.66%
EPS growth 5 years                   27.9

Total returns in percentages

     July        YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr  
Russell Europe Growth   -4.17   -14.29   -9.02   14.10   17.50

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Membership data

Top 10 holdings   Country
Rio Tinto PLC
Siemens AG
Gazprom OAO
Anglo American PLC
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (CL B)
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
BHP Billiton PLC
Nestle S.A.
Roche Holding AG
Telefonica S.A.
  United Kingdom
Germany
Russia
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Switzerland
Spain

Top 10 performers   Return   Country
Speedel Holding AG
Detica Group PLC
Akbank T.A.S.
Acambis PLC
Finansbank A.S.
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S.
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S.
SAS AB
Union Fenosa S.A.
Genmab A/S
  92.2
68.6
62.4
55.2
52.7
47.3
45.2
44.1
42.6
40.6
  Switzerland
United Kingdom
Turkey
United Kingdom
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Sweden
Spain
Denmark

Country data

Top 5 countries
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Germany
France
Russia

Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method       GICS method
Materials and Processing
Consumer Staples
Health Care
Utilities
Energy
      Industrials
Consumer Staples
Health Care
Materials
Energy






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