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Russell Euro Zone Growth Index
Fact Sheet

Monthly Data
As of April 30, 2008

Statistics
The characteristics data will be available at a later date.

Total Returns in Percentages

     April       YTD      1 yr       3 yr        5 yr  
Russell Euro Zone Growth   2.86   -6.66   4.52   21.74   22.92

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Membership Data

Top 10 Holdings   Country
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.
Bayer AG
SUEZ (France)
SAP AG
Groupe Danone S.A.
Unilever N.V.
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
Telefonica S.A.
Nokia Corp.
Siemens AG
  Spain
Germany
France
Germany
France
Netherlands
Italy
Spain
Finland
Germany

Top 10 Performers   Return   Country
NicOx S.A.
QSC AG
VTG AG
D+S europe AG
Archos
Banca Popolare di Intra
REpower Systems AG
Adva AG Optical Networking
Acotel Group S.p.A.
Infineon Technologies AG
  61.9
51.2
49.2
47.9
47.1
44.2
37.4
37.2
36.3
32.7
  France
Germany
Germany
Germany
France
Italy
Germany
Germany
Italy
Germany

Country Data

Top 5 Countries
France
Germany
Spain
Netherlands
Finland

Sectors — Largest Five by Weight

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






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