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Russell Asia ex-Japan Value 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 Asia ex-Japan Value   -3.57   -9.29   16.42   23.23   30.29

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

Membership Data

Top 10 Holdings   Country
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
POSCO
PetroChina Co. Ltd.
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.
Kookmin Bank
Formosa Plastics Corp.
CNOOC Ltd.
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.
Nan Ya Plastics Corp.
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.
  Korea
Korea
China
Hong Kong
Korea
Taiwan
China
Korea
Taiwan
Singapore

Top 10 Performers   Return   Country
Henderson Investment Ltd.
Prince Housing Development Corp.
Evergreen International Storage & Transport Corp.
Wing Lung Bank Ltd.
Stamford Land Corp. Ltd.
Bank Internasional Indonesia
PhoenixTec Power Co.
Cathay Real Estate Development Co. Ltd.
Radium Life Tech Co. Ltd.
Elitegroup Computer Systems Co. Ltd.
  143.5
55.7
44.7
40.1
34.9
34.7
31.8
30.8
29.8
29.7
  Hong Kong
Taiwan
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Singapore
Indonesia
Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan

Country Data

Top 5 Countries
Korea
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Singapore
China

Sectors — Largest Five by Weight

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






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