Russell 3000 Index
| Foundation | January 1, 1984[1] |
|---|---|
| Operator | FTSE Russell |
| Trading symbol |
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| Constituents | 2,923 (April 30, 2026)[1] |
| Type | Broad market |
| Market cap | US$58.4 trillion (April 30, 2025)[2] |
| Related indices | Russell 1000 Index, Russell 2000 Index, Russell 3000E Index |
| Website | www |
The Russell 3000 Index is a capitalization-weighted stock market index that seeks to be a benchmark of the entire U.S. stock market. It measures the performance of the 3,000 largest publicly held companies incorporated in the United States as measured by total market capitalization, and represents approximately 98% of the American public equity market. The index was launched on January 1, 1984 by Russell Investments and is maintained by FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group. As of 31 December 2024,[update] the weighted average market capitalization of a company in the index is approximately $966 million and the median market capitalization is $2.28 billion.
The ticker symbol on most systems is either RUA or ^RUA.
| Year | Price return[3] | Total return |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | −2.48% | 0.19% |
| 1995 | 33.58% | 36.80% |
| 1996 | 19.19% | 21.82% |
| 1997 | 29.47% | 31.78% |
| 1998 | 22.32% | 24.14% |
| 1999 | 19.43% | 20.90% |
| 2000 | −8.52% | −7.46% |
| 2001 | −12.62% | −11.46% |
| 2002 | −22.81% | −21.54% |
| 2003 | 28.73% | 31.06% |
| 2004 | 10.08% | 11.95% |
| 2005 | 4.28% | 6.12% |
| 2006 | 13.66% | 15.71% |
| 2007 | 3.30% | 5.14% |
| 2008 | −38.70% | −37.31% |
| 2009 | 25.46% | 28.34% |
| 2010 | 14.75% | 16.93% |
| 2011 | −0.92% | 1.03% |
| 2012 | 13.98% | 16.42% |
| 2013 | 30.95% | 33.55% |
| 2014 | 10.45% | 12.56% |
| 2015 | −1.47% | 0.48% |
| 2016 | 10.42% | 12.74% |
| 2017 | 18.85% | 21.13% |
| 2018 | −6.99% | −5.24% |
| 2019 | 28.54% | 31.02% |
| 2020 | 18.82% | 20.89% |
| 2021 | 24.00% | 25.66% |
| 2022 | −20.48% | −19.21% |
| 2023 | 23.95% | 25.96% |
| 2024 | 22.15% | 23.81% |
| 2025 | 15.67% | 17.15% |
Investing
[edit]The Russell 3000 Index is tracked by several exchange-traded funds, such as the iShares Russell 3000 ETF (NYSE Arca: IWV)[4] and the Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (Nasdaq: VTHR).[5]
Ten largest constituents
[edit]- Apple - Nasdaq: AAPL
- Nvidia - Nasdaq: NVDA
- Microsoft - Nasdaq: MSFT
- Amazon - Nasdaq: AMZN
- Meta - Nasdaq: META
- Tesla - Nasdaq: TSLA
- Alphabet (Class A) - Nasdaq: GOOGL
- Broadcom - Nasdaq: AVGO
- Alphabet (Class C) - Nasdaq: GOOG
- Berkshire Hathaway - NYSE: BRK.B
(as of December 31, 2024)[6]
Top sectors ordered by weight
[edit]- Technology
- Consumer Discretionary
- Industrials
- Financials
- Health Care
- Consumer Staples
- Energy
- Real Estate
- Utilities
- Telecommunications
- Basic Materials
(as of December 31, 2024)[7]
See also
[edit]- S&P 1500 – US broad stock market index from S&P Dow Jones Indices
- Russell 2500 Index
- Russell 2000 Index – U.S. small-cap stock market index
- Russell 1000 Index – U.S. large-cap stock market index
- Wilshire 5000 – US total stock market index
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Index factsheet: Russell 3000 Index" (PDF). FTSE Russell Research Portal. FTSE Russell. May 6, 2026. Archived from the original on 2025-12-06. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- ↑ Yoshimoto, Catherine; Dobyns, Kathleen (June 13, 2025). "2025 Russell US Indexes reconstitution: summary of changes" (PDF). London Stock Exchange Group. FTSE Russell. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2026-02-23. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- ↑ "Russell 1000 (^RUA)". Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ↑ "iShares Russell 3000 ETF | IWV". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2014-12-25.
- ↑ "Vanguard page for Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF". Archived from the original on 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2014-12-25.
- ↑ "Index factsheet".
- ↑ "Index factsheet".