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Russell Developed Euro Zone Index
Fact Sheet

Monthly Data
As of April 30, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average Market Cap ($-WTD)                   59.659
Median Market Cap                   1.395
Largest Stock by Market Cap                   200.942
Smallest Stock by Market Cap                   0.023
Fundamental Characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.84
Dividend Yield                   3.67
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings                   11.2
Lt Growth Forecast-IBES                   7.49%
EPS Growth 5 years                   25.7

Total Returns in Percentages

     April       YTD      1 yr       3 yr        5 yr       10 yr  
Russell Developed
Euro Zone
  4.02   -4.63   0.25   21.37   24.16   8.81

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Membership Data

Top 10 Holdings   Country
Unicredito Italiano Spa Ord
BNP Paribas S.A.
Allianz SE
Total S.A.
Banco Santander S.A.
E.ON AG
Telefonica S.A.
Nokia Corp.
ENI S.p.A.
Siemens AG
  Italy
France
Germany
France
Spain
Germany
Spain
Finland
Italy
Germany

Top 10 Performers   Return   Country
Geodis S.A.
NicOx S.A.
QSC AG
VTG AG
D+S europe AG
Archos
Banca Popolare di Intra
Hypo Real Estate Holding AG
REpower Systems AG
Adva AG Optical Networking
  79.6
61.9
51.2
49.2
47.9
47.1
44.2
43.4
37.4
37.2
  France
France
Germany
Germany
Germany
France
Italy
Germany
Germany
Germany

Country Data

Top 5 Countries
France
Germany
Spain
Italy
Netherlands

Sectors — Largest Five by Weight

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






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