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Russell Indexes: Asia Outperformed Europe, Underperformed US in First Half 2012; All Global Regions Positive
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JUL 4, 2012 - 02:16 ET
SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - July 4, 2012) - The Russell Developed Asia Pacific Index returned +4.6% in the first half of 2012, relative to a +3.4% return for the Russell Developed Europe Index and a +9.3% return for the Russell 1000® Index of U.S. large cap stocks.
The Philippines was the top performing country within the Russell Asia Pacific Index for the first half of 2012 with a return of 26.8%, followed by Thailand (+17.1%) and Singapore (+15.3%). Indonesia had the worst performance within the Index in the first half at (-1.0%), followed by China (+3.0%) and Japan (+3.1%).
Within the Russell Asia Pacific Index, the Financial Services sector led the first half, with a +10.7% return, followed by the Consumer Staples (+8.8%) and Health Care (+8.2%) sectors. The Materials & Processing sector was at the bottom of the Russell Asia Pacific Index in the first half at (-5.1%).
| Russell Global Indexes - First Half 2012 Regional Performance |
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| Russell Index | First Half 2012 (a/o Friday, June 29th) |
| Russell Global Index | 6.1% |
| Russell Asia Pacific Index | 4.6% |
| Russell Developed Europe Index | 3.4% |
| Russell 1000 Index | 9.3% |
| Russell Asia Pacific Index - First Half 2012 Country Performance |
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| Russell Asia Pacific Index Country | First Half 2012 (a/o Friday, June 29th) |
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| Philippines | 26.8% | |
| Thailand | 17.1% | |
| Singapore | 15.3% | |
| New Zealand | 8.9% | |
| India | 8.6% | |
| Hong Kong | 6.9% | |
| Malaysia | 5.6% | |
| Taiwan | 5.1% | |
| Korea | 4.4% | |
| Australia | 3.5% | |
| Japan | 3.1% | |
| China | 3.0% | |
| Indonesia | -1.0% | |
| Russell Asia Pacific Index - First Half 2012 Sector Performance |
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| Russell Asia Pacific Index Sector | First Half 2012 (a/o Friday, June 29th) |
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| Financial Services | 10.7% | |
| Consumer Staples | 8.8% | |
| Health Care | 8.2% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | 5.3% | |
| Technology | 4.1% | |
| Utilities | 3.9% | |
| Producer Durables | 2.1% | |
| Energy | -2.6% | |
| Materials & Processing | -5.1% | |
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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