iShares MSCI Canada Small Cap Index Fund (EWCS)

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Fund Description

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Canada Small Cap Index. The fund will at all times invest at least 90% of its assets in the securities of the underlying index or in depositary receipts representing securities in its underlying index. The underlying index is designed to measure the performance of equity securities of small-capitalization companies, whose market capitalization, as calculated by the index provider, represents the bottom 14% of the Canadian securities market. Components primarily include energy, financial and materials companies.

Fund Snapshot Updated 05.21.2013

Previous Close $22.08 Expense Ratio 0.59%
YTD Return 4.7% Avg. 30-Day Volume 0
1-Year Return 2.7% Market Cap Loading...
Bid $22.24 Shares Outstanding 100,000
Ask $22.46 Dividends $0.57
Top 10 Holdings
Keyera Corp (E:KEY) 2.81%
Altagas Ltd (E:ALA) 2.63%
Methanex Corp (E:MX) 2.45%
Peyto Expl & Dev Corp New (E:PEY) 2.40%
Gibson Energy Inc (E:GEI) 1.80%
West Fraser Timber Ltd (E:WFT) 1.59%
Progressive Waste Solutions Lt (E:BIN) 1.55%
Veresen Inc (E:VSN) 1.48%
Aimia Inc (E:AIM) 1.47%
Astral Media Inc (E:ACM.A) 1.45%
% of Total Holdings 19.60%

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