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Russell Developed Euro Zone Index
Fact sheet

Monthly data
As of July 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap ($-WTD)                   55.492
Median market cap                   1.321
Largest stock by market cap                   185.014
Smallest stock by market cap                   0.110
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.58
Dividend yield                   4.23
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   10.1
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   7.77%
EPS growth 5 years                   26.0

Total returns in percentages

     July        YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr       10 yr  
Russell Developed
Euro Zone
  -2.85   -15.82   -11.58   13.48   18.33   6.49

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

Membership data

Top 10 holdings   Country
BNP Paribas S.A.
Allianz SE
ArcelorMittal SA
Total S.A.
E.ON AG
Banco Santander S.A. (Spain)
Siemens AG
Telefonica S.A.
Nokia Corp.
GDF-Suez
  France
France
Germany
Luxembourg
France
Germany
Spain
Germany
Spain
Finland

Top 10 performers   Return   Country
Epcos AG
Risanamento SpA
Union Fenosa S.A.
ARQUES Industries AG
Stratec Biomedical Systems AG
Vivacon AG
Software AG
Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana S.A.
Clarins S.A.
IDS Scheer AG
  68.7
53.4
42.6
30.6
28.9
26.9
25.9
25.7
25.7
25.6
  Germany
Italy
Spain
Germany
Germany
Germany
Germany
Spain
France
Germany

Country data

Top 5 countries
France
Germany
Spain
Italy
Netherlands

Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method       GICS method
Financial Services
Utilities
Materials and Processing
Consumer Discretionary
Energy
      Financials
Industrials
Utilities
Consumer Discretionary
Materials






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