The Russell Italy Index Reflects -20.8% Loss QTD Through August 15

SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwire) — 08/18/11 — The Russell Italy Index reflected a -20.8% loss quarter-to-date, underperforming the Russell Developed Euro-Zone Index which posted a -16.5% loss for the same time period.

Despite having strong first quarters of 2011, both the Russell Italy Index and the Russell Developed Euro-Zone Index have posted negative returns of (-11.3%) and (-5.7%) year-to-date respectively, through August 15, 2011.

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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