SPDR S&P International Telecommunications Sector ETF (IST)

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Fund Description

The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of an index that tracks the telecommunications sector of developed global markets outside the United States. The fund employs a sampling strategy in seeking to track the performance of the S&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Telecommunication Services Sector Index. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index or in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") or Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on securities comprising the index. The fund is non-diversified.

Fund Snapshot Updated 05.23.2013

Previous Close $24.47 Expense Ratio 0.50%
YTD Return 11.8% Avg. 30-Day Volume 13,410
1-Year Return 22.5% Market Cap Loading...
Bid $24.54 Shares Outstanding 1,450,000
Ask $24.59 Dividends $1.11
Top 10 Holdings
Vodafone Group (E:VOD) 21.16%
Telefonica Sa (E:TEF) 8.77%
Softbank Corp (E:9984) 6.89%
Bt Group (E:BT.A) 5.53%
Deutsche Telekom (E:DTE) 5.28%
Kddi Corp (E:9433) 4.02%
Vivendi Sa (E:VIV) 4.01%
Nippon Tel&Tel Cp (E:9432) 3.74%
Singapore Telecomm (E:Z74) 3.60%
Ntt Docomo (E:9437) 3.33%
% of Total Holdings 66.30%

Sector Breakdown

Geographic Breakdown

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