Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB)

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Fund Description

The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in The Materials Select Sector Index. In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies from the following industries: chemicals; metals & mining; paper & forest products; containers & packaging; and construction materials. The fund is non-diversified.

Fund Snapshot Updated 06.17.2013

Previous Close $40.37 Expense Ratio 0.21%
YTD Return 8.0% Avg. 30-Day Volume 6,275,046
1-Year Return 18.4% Market Cap Loading...
Bid $40.36 Shares Outstanding 69,973,000
Ask $40.37 Dividends $0.88
Top 10 Holdings
Monsanto Co New (MON) 11.37%
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co (DD) 10.16%
Dow Chem Co (DOW) 8.32%
Praxair Inc (PX) 7.10%
Freeport-Mcmoran Copper & Gold (FCX) 6.23%
Lyondellbasell Industries N V (LYB) 5.24%
Ecolab Inc (ECL) 4.64%
Ppg Inds Inc (PPG) 4.57%
Intl Paper Co (IP) 4.21%
Air Prods & Chems Inc (APD) 4.11%
% of Total Holdings 66.00%

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Geographic Breakdown

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