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Russell Europe ex-UK Index
Fact sheet

Monthly data
As of August 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap ($-WTD)                   54.380
Median market cap                   1.146
Largest stock by market cap                   232.992
Smallest stock by market cap                   0.003
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.70
Dividend yield                   3.71
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   10.5
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   8.63%
EPS growth 5 years                   26.7

Total returns in percentages

     August        YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr       10 yr  
Russell Europe ex-UK   -4.92   -18.74   -13.86   11.55   17.63   7.86

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

Membership data

Top 10 holdings   Country
Siemens AG
Nokia Corp.
Gazprom OAO
Nestle S.A.
Total S.A.
Novartis AG
Roche Holding AG
E.ON AG
Banco Santander S.A. (Spain)
Telefonica S.A.
  Germany
Finland
Russia
Switzerland
France
Switzerland
Switzerland
Germany
Spain
Spain


Top 10 performers   Return   Country
Austrian Airlines AG
Belvedere S.A.
Norske Skogindustrier ASA
SEAT Pagine Gialle SpA
Telecom Italia Media SpA
Zeltia S.A.
Mechel AOA (ADS)
Wirecard AG
Digital Multimedia Technologies S.p.A
Cegedim S.A.
  38.9
34.8
34.7
34.2
33.3
33.0
30.8
27.8
27.8
26.4
  Austria
France
Norway
Italy
Italy
Spain
Russia
Germany
Italy
France

Country data

Top 5 countries
France
Germany
Switzerland
Spain
Italy

Sectors — Largest five by weight

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






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