New York Stock Exchange OTC Markets Group Health Care (20.2%) Financials (19.0%) Industrials (14.5%) Information Technology (13.3%) Consumer Discretionary (9.26%) Real Estate (5.62%) Materials (4.39%) Utilities (2.72%) Communication Services (2.38%) Consumer Staples (1.95%) The Russell 2000 is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 2,000 companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States that are considered to have small market capitalizations . The Russell 2000 is a subset of the Russell 3000 . It is maintained by FTSE Russell and its components are determined via strict rules-based methodology, with an annual rebalancing in late June, the only time new entrants are added to the index. The index is a public-float-weighted / capitalization-weighted index . The index includes approximately 5% of the total market capitalization of U.S. public companies , with an aggregate market capitalization of more than $3.5 trillion as of June 30, 2026. [ 4 ] The median market capitalization of the components of the index is $1.1 billion and components range in market capitalization from $146 million to $2.7 billion. [ 5 ] Products linked to the Russell 2000 include index funds ( exchange-traded funds /ETFs and mutual funds ) as well as derivatives ( options and futures contracts ), which are available for trading in many countries with the goal of replicating the performance of the index. Also available are modified index funds; they replicate the performance of the index with modifications such as the use of covered call strategies, equal weighting, performance buffers, leverage , inclusion of only growth or value stocks, or exclusion of certain sectors, all with the goal of changing the risk/return and yield . The index first traded above the 1,000 level on May 20, 2013, and above the 2,000 level on December 23, 2020. Annual returns have been as follows: Russell 3000 Index – U.S. all-cap stock market index Russell 1000 Index – U.S. large-cap stock market index S&P 600 – American small-cap stock market index List of largest daily changes in the Russell 2000 1 2 "Index Factsheet: Russell 2000 Index" (PDF) . FTSE Russell . ↑ Yoshimoto, Catherine; Dobyns, Kathleen (June 13, 2025). "2025 Russell US Indexes reconstitution: summary of changes" (PDF) . London Stock Exchange Group . FTSE Russell. p. 6 . Retrieved June 7, 2026 . ↑ "iShares Russell 2000 ETF" . iShares . BlackRock . ↑ Yoshimoto, Catherine (September 19, 2025). "Why it's time to revisit the Russell 2000" . FTSE Russell . ↑ Yoshimoto, Catherine (June 16, 2026). "Russell reconstitution June 2026: Larger leaders, stronger small caps" . FTSE Russell . ↑ "Russell 2000 (^RUT) Historical Data - Yahoo Finance" . Official website Business data for Russell 2000 Index: Google Yahoo! Dow Jones Industrial Average historical components historical components Nasdaq Composite S&P Global 1200 Dow Jones Global Titans 50 FTSE All-World index series OTCM QX ADR 30 Index Bloomberg Commodity Index Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index NCDEX Commodity Index Refinitiv Equal Weight Commodity Index Refinitiv/CoreCommodity CRB Index Rogers International Commodity Index Standard & Poor's Commodity Index STOXX Europe 600 FTSEurofirst 300 Index FTSEurofirst Euro Supersector Indices S&P Latin America 40 PHLX Semiconductor Sector Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index Palisades Water Index Baltic Dry Index Dow Jones Industrial Average Nasdaq Composite Dow Jones Transportation Average Dow Jones Utility Average

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