Russell World Cap Index up 3.8% YTD Due to Boost From U.S. Small Caps

SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - 03/29/11) - The Russell World Cap Index reflected a 2011 return of 3.8% through March 25, slightly outperforming the Russell Global Index (3.5%). The difference in returns is due to the disparity among global small-cap stocks as the U.S. small-cap Russell 2000® Index shows a 5.4% gain for the period, while the Russell Global ex-U.S. Small Cap Index reflects a loss (-0.5%).The Russell World Cap Index combines the U.S. broad-market Russell 3000® Index and the Russell Global ex-U.S. Large Cap Index, and currently comprises 5,193 securities and about 93% of the Russell Global Index. However, the Russell World Cap Index does not include the Russell Global ex-U.S. Small Cap Index.

 
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Russell January 2011 February 2011 MTD through YTD through
Indexes Returns Returns March 25, 2011 March 25, 2011
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Russell World
Cap Index 1.6% 3.1% -0.9% 3.8%
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Russell
Global Index 1.4% 2.9% -0.9% 3.5%
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Russell
Global ex-
U.S. Small -0.8% 0.6% -0.3% -0.5%
Cap Index
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Russell 2000
Index -0.3% 5.5% 0.2% 5.4%
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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/Global_Equity/russell_global_returns.aspDisclaimer: http://www.russell.com/indexes/about/index_alerts.asp#disclaimer