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Russell Global ex-U.S. Growth Index
Fact Sheet

Monthly Data
As of March 31, 2008

Statistics
The characteristics data will be available at a later date.

Total Returns in Percentages

     March       YTD      1 yr       3 yr        5 yr  
Russell Global ex-U.S. Growth   -3.17   -9.71   6.89   18.09   24.07

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

Membership Data

Top 10 Holdings   Country
Siemens AG
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.
Nestle S.A.
Roche Holding AG
Telefonica S.A.
Nokia Corp.
Novartis AG
BHP Billiton Ltd.
Rio Tinto PLC
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
  Germany
Spain
Switzerland
Switzerland
Spain
Finland
Switzerland
Australia
United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Top 10 Performers   Return   Country
Henderson Investment Ltd.
Climate Exchange PLC
SABAF S.p.A.
Compania Minera Milpo S.A.
Ta-I Technology Co. Ltd.
Grupo Media Capital SGPS S/A
Escada AG
Firich Enterprises Co. Ltd.
Alexandria Real Estate Investment Co.
El Ezz Aldekhela Steel-Alexandria
  143.5
45.7
45.3
42.6
42.4
41.8
41.4
38.9
37.2
37.1
  Hong Kong
United Kingdom
Italy
Peru
Taiwan
Portugal
Germany
Taiwan
Egypt
Egypt

Country Data

Top 5 Countries
United Kingdom
Japan
Canada
Switzerland
Australia

Sectors — Largest Five by Weight

Russell Method       GICS Method
Materials and Processing
Financial Services
Consumer Discretionary
Producer Durables
Utilities
      Financials
Industrials
Materials
Consumer Staples
Information Technology






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