Standard & Poor's 500 MarketAttributes: December 31, 2008
Published by Standard & Poor's Index Services Group
S&P 500 values are based on the December 31, 2008 membership and the close of 903.25
*If the index had a negative return and these issues had a postitive return, their % returns are calculated as a negative value
MarketAttributes are calculated at the end of each time period with the
membership at that point in time. The results will vary slightly with
the actual daily compounded returns and index membership.
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