Russell 3000 Index

The Russell 3000 Index is a capitalization-weighted stock market index, maintained by FTSE Russell, that seeks to be a benchmark of the entire U.S stock market. It measures the performance of the 3,000 largest publicly held companies incorporated in America as measured by total market capitalization, and represents approximately 98% of the American public equity market. As of 31 December 2017^[update], the stocks of the Russell 3000 Index have a weighted average market capitalization of around $164 billion; the median market capitalization is nearly $1.8 billion. The index, which was launched on January 1, 1984, is maintained by FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group.

The ticker symbol on most systems is ^RUA.

Record values

Category	All-Time Highs
Closing	1,984.26	February 19, 2020
Intraday	1,988.76	February 19, 2020

Annual returns

Year	Price return	Total return
1994	−2.48%	0.19%
1995	33.58%	36.80%
1996	19.19%	21.82%
1997	29.47%	31.78%
1998	22.32%	24.14%
1999	19.43%	20.90%
2000	−8.52%	–7.46%
2001	–12.62%	–11.46%
2002	–22.81%	–21.54%
2003	28.73%	31.06%
2004	10.08%	11.95%
2005	4.28%	6.12%
2006	13.66%	15.71%
2007	3.30%	5.14%
2008	−38.70%	–37.31%
2009	25.46%	28.34%
2010	14.75%	16.93%
2011	−0.92%	1.03%
2012	13.98%	16.42%
2013	30.95%	33.55%
2014	10.45%	12.56%
2015	−1.47%	0.48%
2016	10.42%	12.74%
2017	18.85%	21.13%
2018	−6.99%	−5.24%
2019	28.54%	31.02%

Investing

The Russell 3000 Index is tracked by several exchange-traded funds, such as the iShares Russell 3000 ETF (NYSE Arca: IWV)^[1] and the Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (Nasdaq: VTHR).^[2]

Top 10 holdings

(as of December 31, 2019)^[3]

Top sectors by weight^{[citation needed]}

Technology
Financial Services
Consumer Discretionary
Health Care
Producer Durables

References

External links

[1] "iShares Russell 3000 ETF | IWV".

[2] "Vanguard page for Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF".

[3] "Index factsheet".

[1]

[2]

[3]