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Russell Global ex-U.S. Small Cap Index
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Definition
The Russell Global ex-U.S. Small Cap Index measures the performance of the smallest securities in the Russell Global ex-U.S. Index, based on market capitalization. The index includes approximately 5,000 securities and covers 8% of the investable global market.

The Russell Global Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the global segment and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are reflected.

Monthly data
As of July 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap ($-WTD)                   1.169
Median market cap                   0.534
Largest stock by market cap                   7.297
Smallest stock by market cap                   0.026
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.49
Dividend yield                   3.93
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   11.7
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   13.20%
EPS growth 5 years                   23.7

* View market cap ranges as of latest reconstitution

Total returns in percentages

     July        YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr       10 yr  
Russell Global ex-U.S. Small Cap   -4.26   -16.48   -18.87   11.64   20.05   10.75

For daily total return details for all Russell indexes, view this page.

Membership data

Top 10 holdings   Country
Eldorado Gold Corp.
Babcock International Group PLC
Cookson Group PLC
Emera Inc.
FamilyMart Co. Ltd.
Pan American Silver Corp.
De La Rue PLC
Lojas Renner S/A
Cheil Industries Inc.
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.
  Canada
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Canada
Japan
Canada
United Kingdom
Brazil
Korea
Japan


Top 10 performers   Return   Country
Speedel Holding AG
Epcos AG
Detica Group PLC
Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd.
BF Utilities Ltd.
Barratt Developments PLC
Dogan Yayin Holding A.S.
Acambis PLC
Risanamento SpA
Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik A.S.
  92.2
68.7
68.6
64.7
63.3
63.0
57.0
55.2
53.4
53.0
  Switzerland
Germany
United Kingdom
Australia
India
United Kingdom
Turkey
United Kingdom
Italy
Turkey

Country data

Top 5 countries
Japan
United Kingdom
Canada
Taiwan
Australia

Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method       GICS method
Materials and Processing
Consumer Discretionary
Financial Services
Producer Durables
Technology
      Industrials
Financials
Consumer Discretionary
Materials
Information Technology








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