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Russell Global ex-U.S. Small Cap Value Index
Fact sheet

Monthly data
As of July 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap ($-WTD)                   1.082
Median market cap                   0.509
Largest stock by market cap                   5.441
Smallest stock by market cap                   0.032
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.05
Dividend yield                   3.52
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   9.8
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   8.16%
EPS growth 5 years                   19.9

Total returns in percentages

     July        YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr  
Russell Global ex-U.S. Small Cap Value   -3.76   -13.32   -17.78   12.04   21.50

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

Membership data

Top 10 holdings   Country
Emera Inc.
ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.
Intermediate Capital Group PLC
Venture Corp. Ltd.
Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.
Franco-Nevada Corp.
Nippon Meat Packers Inc.
Commonwealth Property Office Fund
Bank of Queensland Ltd.
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
  Canada
Singapore
United Kingdom
Singapore
Japan
Canada
Japan
Australia
Australia
United Kingdom

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.
Risanamento SpA
Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik A.S.
Minerva PLC
  92.2
68.7
68.6
64.7
63.3
63.0
57.0
53.4
53.0
49.7
  Switzerland
Germany
United Kingdom
Australia
India
United Kingdom
Turkey
Italy
Turkey
United Kingdom

Country data

Top 5 countries
Japan
United Kingdom
Canada
Taiwan
Australia

Sectors — Largest five by weight

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








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