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Russell Emerging Asia Index


As of April 30, 2013

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Facts and characteristics

Facts

Bloomberg ticker symbol                   REAS
Weighted average market cap ($B)                   44.698
Median market cap ($B)                   0.925
Largest stock by market cap                   249.559

Characteristics

Price/Book                   1.67    
Dividend Yield                   2.32    
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings                   12.9    
Long-Term Growth Forecast - IBES                   12.07    
EPS Growth - 5 Years                   16.9    


Membership

Top 10 holdings
As of April 30, 2013

Holding       Country
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd       Korea
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Co Ltd       Taiwan
China Construction Bank Corp H       China
China Mobile Ltd       China
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China H       China
Bank of China Ltd H       China
Tencent Holdings Ltd       China
CNOOC Ltd       China
Hyundai Motor Co       Korea
PetroChina Co Ltd H       China

Top 10 performers

Holding   1 Mo Return %   Country
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (ADR)   76.9   China
Reliance Communications Ltd   76.9   India
BYD Electronic International Co Ltd   72.7   China
Nanya Technology Corp   71.5   Taiwan
HannStar Display Corp   71.0   Taiwan
Chunghwa Picture Tubes   70.6   Taiwan
Shree Global Tradefin Ltd   59.8   India
Ultrajaya Milk Industry & Trading Co Tbk   56.2   Indonesia
Delta Corp Ltd   52.8   India
Ottogi Corp   47.7   Korea

Top five countries

China    
Korea    
Taiwan    
India    
Malaysia    


Russell Global Sectors

Top five by weight

Financial Services    
Technology    
Consumer Discretionary    
Utilities    
Materials & Processing    


Performance

Total returns (based on $US)
Russell Emerging Asia Index returns chart

    April   YTD   1 Yr   3 Yr   5 Yr   10 Yr
Emerging Asia   1.98   1.72   8.50   5.14   1.74   16.16

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