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Russell 3000® Index
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Definition
The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

The Russell 3000 Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive, unbiased, and stable barometer of the broad market and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are reflected.

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Intraday values

Open Last Change Year High Year Low %Change As of Date/Time (ET)
© Pinnacor 2004

Monthly data
As of September 30, 2008


Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)*                    
Average market cap($-WTD)                   71.707
Median market cap                   0.841
Largest company by market cap                   410.332
Smallest company by market cap                   0.028
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   2.21
Dividend yield                   2.26
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   14.27
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   12.27%
EPS growth 5 years                   17.77

* View market cap ranges as of latest reconstitution

Total returns in percentages

     September     3 month      YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr     10 yr
Russell 3000   -9.40   -8.73   -18.81   -21.52   0.26   5.70   3.80


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


Membership data

Top 10 holdings
Exxon Mobil Corp.
General Electric Co.
Microsoft Corp.
Procter & Gamble Co.
Johnson & Johnson
Chevron Corp.
AT&T, Inc.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
International Business Machines Corp.
Bank of America Corp.

 


Top 10 performers   Ticker   Return
Gehl Co   GEHL   95.29
Sciele Pharma Inc   SCRX   59.78
Stewart Information   STC   59.01
Banctrust Financial GRP   BTFG   57.63
Standard Pacific Corp   SPF   53.44
Green Bankshares Inc   GRNB   53.27
Indevus Pharmaceuticals   IDEV   52.27
Zions Bancorporation   ZION   44.19
Sterling Finl Corp Wa   STSA   43.31
Landamerica Finl Group   LFG   41.48


Alphabetical membership list

Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method
Financial Services
Technology
Health Care
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Staple
GICS method
Financials
Information Technology
Health Care
Energy
Industrials
ICB method
Financials
Technology
Industrials
Health Care
Oil & Gas






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Russell Investment Group is a Washington, USA corporation, which operates through subsidiaries worldwide, including Russell Investments, and is a subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Returns represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future performance.

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