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Russell Emerging Europe, Mid-East, Africa (EMEA) Index
Fact Sheet

Monthly Data
As of April 30, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average Market Cap ($-WTD)                   55.216
Median Market Cap                   1.137
Largest Stock by Market Cap                   312.845
Smallest Stock by Market Cap                   0.083
Fundamental Characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.99
Dividend Yield                   1.97
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings                   12.6
Lt Growth Forecast-IBES                   13.89%
EPS Growth 5 years                   32.4

Total Returns in Percentages

     April       YTD      1 yr       3 yr        5 yr       10 yr  
Russell Emerging EMEA   4.71   -6.46   9.26   28.26   35.33   13.01

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Membership Data

Top 10 Holdings   Country
Lukoil Holdings
Sasol Ltd.
MTN Group Ltd.
Sberbank
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.
Norilsk Nickel Mining & Metallurgical Co.
Standard Bank Group Ltd.
Rosneft
Cez A.S.
Gazprom OAO
  Russia
South Africa
South Africa
Russia
South Africa
Russia
South Africa
Russia
Czech Republic
Russia


Top 10 Performers   Return   Country
Vestel Beyaz Esya Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
South Valley Cement
Aksigorta Anonim Sirketi A.S.
Egyptian Media Production City Co.
Vestel Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
Palabora Mining Co. Ltd.
Zaklady Chemiczne Police S.A.
Sharjah Islamic Bank
Sekerbank A.S.
Turkiye Is Bankasi A.S.
  89.0
49.9
46.5
42.8
42.4
38.6
34.2
32.7
31.0
30.3
  Turkey
Egypt
Turkey
Egypt
Turkey
South Africa
Poland
United Arab Emirates
Turkey
Turkey

Country Data

Top 5 Countries
Russia
South Africa
Kuwait
Poland
Turkey

Sectors — Largest Five by Weight

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






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