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Russell Euro Zone Growth Index
Fact sheet

Monthly data
As of October 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap ($-WTD)                   29.384
Median market cap                   0.786
Largest stock by market cap                   191.045
Smallest stock by market cap                   0.022
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   2.02
Dividend yield                   4.16
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   9.5
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   10.50%
EPS growth 5 years                   23.5

Total returns in percentages

     October        YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr  
Russell Euro Zone Growth   -25.96   -51.19   -52.06   -3.76   4.24

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Membership data

Top 10 holdings   Country
Telefonica S.A.
Siemens AG
Bayer AG
SAP AG
Nokia Corp.
Groupe Danone S.A.
Unilever N.V.
L'Oreal S.A.
Electricite de France S.A.
Deutsche Boerse AG
  Spain
Germany
Germany
Germany
Finland
France
Netherlands
France
France
Germany

Top 10 performers   Return   Country
Volkswagen AG
BayWa AG (V)
Biotest AG
F-Secure Oyj
Viscofan S.A.
Prosafe Production Public Ltd
SeLoger.com
LHS AG
Altri SGPS S/A
Biotest AG Nvtg Prf
  62.2
10.5
8.4
5.6
4.8
4.1
2.9
2.6
2.5
2.4
  Germany
Germany
Germany
Finland
Spain
Cyprus
France
Germany
Portugal
Germany

Country data

Top 5 countries
Germany
France
Spain
Netherlands
Finland

Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method       GICS method
Utilities
Consumer Discretionary
Technology
Producer Durables
Financial Services
      Industrials
Consumer Staples
Telecommunication Services
Consumer Discretionary
Financials








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