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Russell Europe Index
Fact Sheet

Monthly Data
As of March 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average Market Cap ($-WTD)                   64.883
Median Market Cap                   1.174
Largest Stock by Market Cap                   300.102
Smallest Stock by Market Cap                   0.003
Fundamental Characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.91
Dividend Yield                   3.55
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings                   11.1
Lt Growth Forecast-IBES                   8.35%
EPS Growth 5 years                   25.2

Total Returns in Percentages

     March       YTD      1 yr       3 yr        5 yr       10 yr  
Russell Europe   0.34   -8.28   -0.02   16.25   24.62   7.49

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Membership Data

Top 10 Holdings   Country
BP PLC
HSBC Holdings PLC
Nestle S.A.
Vodafone Group PLC
Total S.A.
Roche Holding AG
Telefonica S.A.
Nokia Corp.
Banco Santander S.A.
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
  United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Switzerland
United Kingdom
France
Switzerland
Spain
Finland
Spain
United Kingdom


Top 10 Performers   Return   Country
Aker Yards ASA
Climate Exchange PLC
SABAF S.p.A.
Carbone Lorraine S.A.
Lambrakis Press S.A.
Grupo Media Capital SGPS S/A
Escada AG
DNO International ASA
Auriga Industries A/S
TietoEnator Oyj
  47.2
45.7
45.3
45.0
44.8
41.8
41.4
36.6
36.5
35.4
  Norway
United Kingdom
Italy
France
Greece
Portugal
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Finland

Country Data

Top 5 Countries
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Switzerland
Spain

Sectors — Largest Five by Weight

Russell Method       GICS Method
Financial Services
Materials and Processing
Utilities
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
      Financials
Industrials
Energy
Materials
Consumer Staples






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