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, 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
Closing1,984.26February 19, 2020
Intraday1,988.76February 19, 2020

Annual returns
YearPrice returnTotal return
1994−2.48%0.19%
199533.58%36.80%
199619.19%21.82%
199729.47%31.78%
199822.32%24.14%
199919.43%20.90%
2000−8.52%–7.46%
2001–12.62%–11.46%
2002–22.81%–21.54%
200328.73%31.06%
200410.08%11.95%
20054.28%6.12%
200613.66%15.71%
20073.30%5.14%
2008−38.70%–37.31%
200925.46%28.34%
201014.75%16.93%
2011−0.92%1.03%
201213.98%16.42%
201330.95%33.55%
201410.45%12.56%
2015−1.47%0.48%
201610.42%12.74%
201718.85%21.13%
2018−6.99%−5.24%
201928.54%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
  • Technology
  • Financial Services
  • Consumer Discretionary
  • Health Care
  • Producer Durables

See also

References
  1. "iShares Russell 3000 ETF | IWV".
  2. "Vanguard page for Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF".
  3. "Index factsheet".
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