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Russell Global ex-U.S. ex-Japan Growth Index
Fact sheet

Monthly data
As of October 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap ($-WTD)                   36.285
Median market cap                   0.499
Largest stock by market cap                   191.045
Smallest stock by market cap                   0.001
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   2.16
Dividend yield                   3.54
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   10.0
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   12.84%
EPS growth 5 years                   27.4

Total returns in percentages

     October        YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr  
Russell Global ex-U.S. ex-Japan Growth   -24.60   -50.08   -52.92   -3.12   5.38

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

Membership data

Top 10 holdings   Country
Nestle S.A.
Roche Holding AG
Telefonica S.A.
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
BHP Billiton Ltd.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (CL B)
British American Tobacco PLC
China Mobile Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Siemens AG
  Switzerland
Switzerland
Spain
United Kingdom
Australia
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
China
Korea
Germany

Top 10 performers   Return   Country
Volkswagen AG
EastPharma Ltd.
Revus Energy ASA
Telemig Celular Participacoes SA
Midland Holdings Ltd.
Chinese Gamer International Corp.
RosBank
China Insurance Intl Holdings Co Ltd
VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (ADS)
Queensland Gas Co. Ltd.
  62.2
44.7
40.0
39.4
29.8
26.2
25.7
20.8
19.8
18.7
  Germany
United Kingdom
Norway
Brazil
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Russia
China
China
Australia

Country data

Top 5 countries
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Canada
China
Australia

Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method       GICS method
Financial Services
Materials & Processing
Consumer Staples
Energy
Utilities
      Financials
Consumer Staples
Energy
Materials
Industrials








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