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Stats

Written by Journal of Indexes Staff

Friday, 05 June 2009 00:00

DOW JONES U.S. ECONOMIC SECTOR REVIEW
PERFORMANCE

Index Name	Weight	1-Month	3-Month	YTD	1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	10-Year
Dow Jones U.S. Index	100.00%	10.35%	7.56%	-1.24%	-34.77%	-10.56%	-1.99%	-1.81%
Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index	2.91%	17.95%	22.48%	12.87%	-46.76%	-8.88%	1.99%	0.77%
Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index	10.27%	7.38%	3.60%	-4.07%	-24.94%	-4.35%	-0.48%	1.45%
Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Index	12.21%	12.78%	16.24%	6.09%	-24.63%	-9.07%	-3.56%	-3.17%
Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index	13.47%	19.98%	16.15%	-11.65%	-52.65%	-26.37%	-12.20%	-4.28%
Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index	12.81%	-0.47%	-6.02%	-7.23%	-20.74%	-5.55%	-1.96%	0.49%
Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index	12.66%	18.00%	8.29%	-3.86%	-40.20%	-12.14%	-1.42%	-1.43%
Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index	11.86%	6.88%	-1.84%	-4.38%	-40.95%	-3.87%	10.93%	7.93%
Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index	16.38%	12.26%	21.20%	18.00%	-25.45%	-6.33%	-0.29%	-4.60%
Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Index	3.28%	4.28%	7.46%	-3.45%	-28.13%	-4.75%	1.29%	-7.83%
Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index	4.15%	1.13%	-9.44%	-10.42%	-34.66%	-4.12%	4.76%	3.13%

RISK-RETURN

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Data as of April 30, 2009
Source: Dow Jones Indexes Analytics & Research

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Source: Dow Jones Indexes. Data through 4/30/2009.