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About iShares MSCI France Index Fund
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Inception date
Mar 12, 1996
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
EWQ captures broad French equities, holding a diverse portfolio of French large- and mid-caps with market-like array of sector weights. The French index covers securities, as classified by MSCIs country classification, traded on the Paris Stock Exchange. Since EWQ is made of French stocks, North American traders will get the best execution in the morning when the markets overlap. The fund typically engages in securities lending, which brings revenues to the fund at the cost of slight counterparty risk. The index is reviewed quarterly, starting every February with semi-annual index reviews in May and November.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Consumer Non-Durables
Electronic Technology
Finance
Health Technology
Stocks99.38%
Consumer Non-Durables21.47%
Electronic Technology13.28%
Finance13.27%
Health Technology11.11%
Producer Manufacturing9.25%
Energy Minerals6.49%
Process Industries6.11%
Industrial Services4.34%
Utilities3.28%
Technology Services2.46%
Commercial Services2.30%
Consumer Durables1.67%
Communications1.37%
Consumer Services1.13%
Non-Energy Minerals0.65%
Transportation0.50%
Retail Trade0.42%
Distribution Services0.29%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.62%
UNIT0.50%
Cash0.12%
Stock breakdown by region
Europe100.00%
North America0.00%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history