Russell Global Indexes: Asia Index Outperforms All Major Regions for Month of July

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Aug. 08, 2011 13:09
SEATTLE, WA--(Korea Newswire)--The Russell Asia Index (2.5%) reflected the strongest returns for the month of July followed by the Russell Asia Pacific Index (1.9%) and the Russell Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index (1.0%). Conversely, the Russell Europe Index and the Russell Latin America Index reflected the lowest returns of -3.2%.

In regards to sector performance across the Russell Global Index, the energy sector outperformed all others, posting 0.6% for the month of July, followed by the consumer staples sector (0.1%). The producer durables sector (-4.2%) was lowest performing sector, trailed by the financial services sector (-3.0%) and utilities and health care sectors, which each reflected returns of -1.6% for the same time period.

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Russell Indexes July 2011
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Russell Global Index -1.6%
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Russell Asia Index 2.5%
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Russell Asia Pacific Index 1.9%
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Russell Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index 1.0%
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Russell Emerging Markets Index 0.3%
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Russell Developed Index -1.9%
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Russell 3000 Index -2.3%
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Russell Europe Index -3.2%
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Russell Latin America Index -3.2%
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Russell Index Sectors July 2011
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Consumer Discretionary -1.2%
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Consumer Staples 0.1%
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Energy 0.6%
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Financial Services -3.0%
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Health Care -1.6%
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Materials & Processing -1.1%
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Producer Durables -4.2%
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Technology -0.2%
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Utilities -1.6%

The Russell Global Index includes more than 10,000 securities in 48 countries and covers 98% of the investable global market. All securities in the benchmark are classified according to size, region, country and sector. Daily Returns for the main components are available here: http://www.russell.com/indexes/data/daily_total_returns_global.asp

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