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Russell Euro Zone Value Index
Fact sheet

Monthly data
As of July 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap ($-WTD)                   59.797
Median market cap                   1.276
Largest stock by market cap                   185.014
Smallest stock by market cap                   0.110
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.32
Dividend yield                   4.77
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   9.3
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   5.82%
EPS growth 5 years                   25.9

Total returns in percentages

     July        YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr  
Russell Euro Zone Value   -2.73   -14.76   -12.91   13.01   18.98

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

Membership data

Top 10 holdings   Country
BNP Paribas S.A.
GDF-Suez
Allianz SE
ENI SpA
ING Groep N.V.
Sanofi-Aventis S.A.
Unicredito Italiano Spa Ord
Total S.A.
E.ON AG
Banco Santander S.A. (Spain)
  France
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
France
Italy
France
Germany
Spain

Top 10 performers   Return   Country
Epcos AG
Risanamento SpA
Union Fenosa S.A.
ARQUES Industries AG
Vivacon AG
Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana S.A.
Clarins S.A.
IDS Scheer AG
Grenkeleasing AG
Babcock & Brown Air Ltd. (ADS)
  68.7
53.4
42.6
30.6
26.9
25.7
25.7
25.6
24.3
23.6
  Germany
Italy
Spain
Germany
Germany
Spain
France
Germany
Germany
Ireland

Country data

Top 5 countries
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Netherlands

Sectors — Largest five by weight

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








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