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Russell Asia ex-Japan Index
Fact Sheet

Monthly Data
As of March 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)*                    
Average Market Cap ($-WTD)                   30.842
Median Market Cap                   0.805
Largest Stock by Market Cap                   423.997
Smallest Stock by Market Cap                   0.004
Fundamental Characteristics                    
Price/Book                   2.30
Dividend Yield                   2.28
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings                   14.4
Lt Growth Forecast-IBES                   17.57%
EPS Growth 5 years                   28.2

Total Returns in Percentages

     March       YTD      1 yr       3 yr        5 yr       10 yr  
Russell Asia ex-Japan   -6.23   -15.31   18.40   24.47   30.06   10.04

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

Membership Data

Top 10 Holdings   Country
China Mobile Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Reliance Industries Ltd.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.
POSCO
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.
PetroChina Co. Ltd.
China Construction Bank Corp.
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (China)
  China
Korea
India
Taiwan
China
Korea
Taiwan
China
China
China


Top 10 Performers   Return   Country
Henderson Investment Ltd.
Prince Housing Development Corp.
Evergreen International Storage & Transport Corp.
Ta-I Technology Co. Ltd.
Wing Lung Bank Ltd.
Firich Enterprises Co. Ltd.
Komipharm International Co. Ltd.
Stamford Land Corp. Ltd.
Bank Internasional Indonesia
Sinyi Realty Inc.
  143.5
55.7
44.7
42.4
40.1
38.9
36.9
34.9
34.7
32.4
  Hong Kong
Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Korea
Singapore
Indonesia
Taiwan

Country Data

Top 5 Countries
Korea
China
Taiwan
India
Hong Kong

Sectors — Largest Five by Weight

Russell Method       GICS Method
Financial Services
Materials and Processing
Technology
Producer Durables
Utilities
      Financials
Information Technology
Industrials
Materials
Energy






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