Russell Asia Pacific Index: 2011 Recap

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SEATTLE, WA--(Korea Newswire)--The Russell Asia Pacific Index reflected a yearly return of (-15%) for 2011. Conversely, for the first 3 days of 2012 the Russell Asia Pacific Index reflected a gain of (+2.3%).

Looking closer at sector performance within the index, the Consumer Staples sector reflected the highest return (+3.1%) for the year, while the Materials and Processing sector posted the greatest loss of (-22%).

In regards to top 5 and bottom 5 performing countries in the Russell Asia Pacific Index, New Zealand (+4.5%), Indonesia (+4.4%), Philippines (+2.9%), Malaysia (+0.9%) and Thailand (-4.7%) led for the year, while Singapore (-16.4%), Hong Kong (-18.5%), China (-20.8%), Taiwan (-22.2%) and India (-37.6%) reflected the weakest returns for 2011.

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Russell Index 2011 Returns First 3 day return 2012
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Asia Pacific -15.0% 2.3%
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Russell Asia Pacific Index Sector Returns
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Sector 2011 Returns First 3 day return 2012
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Consumer Staples 3.1% 1.7%
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Health Care -6.8% 1.2%
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Utilities -7.5% 1.5%
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Consumer Discretionary -9.4% 2.2%
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Producer Durables -15.8% 2.2%
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Financial Services -17.0% 2.3%
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Energy -19.2% 3.1%
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Technology -20.2% 2.2%
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Materials & Processing -22.0% 3.0%
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Russell Asia Pacific Index Country Returns
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Country 2011 Returns First 3 day return 2012
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New Zealand 4.5% 1.0%
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Indonesia 4.4% 1.7%
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Philippines 2.9% 3.0%
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Malaysia 0.9% 0.1%
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Thailand -4.7% 1.4%
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Australia -10.2% 4.1%
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Korea -11.0% 2.6%
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Japan -12.5% 2.2%
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Singapore -16.4% 3.0%
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Hong Kong -18.5% 1.4%
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China -20.8% 1.6%
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Taiwan -22.2% 0.3%
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India -37.6% 3.0%
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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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