Russell Greater China Index: Technology Outperformed All Sectors, While All Sectors Posted Positive Returns YTD Through February 15th

SEATTLE, WA--(Korea Newswire)--All sectors within the Russell Greater China Index have had positive returns for 2012 year-to-date through February 15th:

· The Technology sector returned +20.3%, outperforming all other sectors.
· The Producer Durables sector (+19.9%) and the Energy sector (+19.1%) also had strong returns.
· The Utilities sector had the lowest returns (+2.4%).

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 Russell Greater China Index Sectors 2012 Year-to-Date Performance(a/o 2/15/12)
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 Technology 20.3%
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 Producer Durables 19.9%
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 Energy 19.1%
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 Financial Services 18.7%
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 Materials & Processing 18.0%
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 Consumer Discretionary 16.6%
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 Healthcare 14.6%
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 Consumer Staples 3.2%
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 Utilities 2.4%
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Source: Russell Investments

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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