iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund (EWA)

25.92
Data as of May 23
 -0.15 / -0.58%
Today’s Change
20.35
Today|||52-Week Range
28.15
+3.10%
Year-to-Date

Investment Objective

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Australia Index. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in the securities of its underlying index and in depositary receipts ("DRs") representing securities in its underlying index. The underlying index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Australian Stock Exchange. Components primarily include consumer staples, financial and materials companies. The fund is non-diversified.

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Performance

1 month-1.28% 3 years+16.56%
3 months-2.02% 5 years+2.30%
1 year+29.50% Since inception+9.69%
Data through 05/23/2013

Quote Details

Previous close$26.07
Open day’s range25.65 – 26.03
Net asset value (NAV)26.20 (05/22/2013)
Daily volume3,312,790
Average volume (3 months)2,099,043
Data as of 4:00pm ET, 05/23/2013

Peer Comparisonvs. Miscellaneous region ETFs

 EWACategory
Performance 5-yr return+2.30%--
Expense Gross exp ratio0.53%0.63%
Risk 5 year sharpe ratio0.310.17
Net assets$2.7B$465.4M
Average market cap$37.1B$20.0B
Average P/E17.513.3
Dividend / Share--0.46%

Competitors

GXF Global X FTSE Nordic Region ETF
EWU iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund
EWD iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund

Holdings

Top 5 Sectors
Portfolio weighting
Financial service 41.92%
Industrial materials 30.17%
Consumer service 9.43%
Energy 6.48%
Healthcare 3.34%
Top 10 Holdings
Portfolio weighting
-- Commonwealth Bank of Australia11.08%
-- BHP Billiton Ltd9.84%
-- Westpac Banking Corp9.76%
-- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited8.11%
-- National Australia Bank Limited7.40%
-- Woolworths Limited4.21%
-- Wesfarmers Ltd4.09%
-- CSL Limited2.96%
-- Westfield Group2.33%
-- Woodside Petroleum Limited2.32%

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