Russell Asia Pacific Index: Large Caps Outperform Small Caps YTD Through April 11

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Apr. 14, 2011 11:59
SEATTLE, WA--(Korea Newswire)--In the Russell Asia Pacific Index, large cap stocks (0.2%) have outperformed their small cap (-0.6%) counterparts year-to-date, reversing the 2010 trend when the Russell Asia Pacific Small Cap Index outperformed the Russell Asia Pacific Large Cap Index, reflecting returns of 24.2% and 18.1% respectively.

Similarly, the Russell Fundamental Asia Pacific Large Company Index (-2.2%) has outperformed the Russell Fundamental Asia Pacific Small Company Index (-2.5%) year-to-date through April 11, 2011. The recently launched Russell Fundamental Index Series selects and weights constituents by fundamental measures of company size, rather than market capitalization.

Constituents in these indexes are selected and weighted according to fundamental measures of company size including: Adjusted Sales, Operating Cash Flow, and Dividends plus Buybacks. To learn more about the Russell Fundamental Index Series please visit http://www.russell.com/indexes/data/Fundamental/About_Russell_Fundamental_indexes.asp.

2010 Returns March 2011April 2011 MTD Returns(Through April11, 2011) 2011 YTD Returns(Through April11, 2011)
Russell Global Indexes
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Russell Fundamental 21.5% -2.8% -0.8% -2.2%
Asia Pacific Index
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Russell Fundamental 21.0% -3.4% -0.7% -2.2%
Asia Pacific Large
Company Index
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Russell Fundamental 24.2% -0.7% -1.1% -2.5%
Asia Pacific Small
Company Index
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Russell Asia Pacific 19.2% -0.2% 0.8% 0.1%
Index
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Russell Asia Pacific 18.1% -0.5% 0.8% 0.2%
Large cap Index
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Russell Asia Pacific 24.2% 0.9% 0.8% -0.6%
Small cap Index
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