SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwire) — 02/09/12 — The Consumer Discretionary sector of the U.S broad-based Russell 3000® Index reflected a return of (+9.0%) year-to-date. Its counterpart within the Russell Japan Index reflected a (+8.4%) return through February 6. And the Consumer Discretionary sector of the Russell China Index has outperformed both its Russell 3000® Index and Russell Japan Index sector counterpart for the same time period, reflecting a return of (+10.9%)
Looking at overall index returns, the Russell China Index (+13.3%) outperformed both the Russell Japan Index (+5.9%) and Russell 3000® Index (+8.0%) for the year-to-date through February 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 index are classified according to size, region, country and sector. Daily Returns for the main components are available here:
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