SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwire) — 03/08/12 —
The Russell Developed Europe Index returned +14.7% from December 19th, when the first round of long term repurchase operations, or LTRO, was announced by the European Central Bank through March 5th.
Within the index, Consumer Discretionary (+22.0%), Financial Services (+21.1%) and Materials & Processing (+19.4%) were the top performing sectors for this time period.
Within the index, Utilities (+4.2%), Health Care (+5.5%) and Consumer Staples (+9.4%) were the bottom performing sectors for this time period.
The second round of LTRO was announced by the ECB on February 27th, and since then the Russell Developed Europe Index returned +0.5% through March 5th.
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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