Table 2

Market Weights in the IFC Indices - March 1996

	IFC Global Indices				IFC Investable Indices
		Market	Weight			Market	Weight
	No. of	Capitalization	in IFC		No. of	Capitalization	in IFC
Market	Stocks	(US$ Mil)	Composite		Stocks	(US$ Mil)	Composite
Latin America
Argentina	35	22307.8	2.0		31	22161.1	3.5
Brazil	86	93939.6	8.5		68	63813.7	10.2
Chile	47	39421.3	3.5		43	39019.3	6.2
Colombia	28	6658.9	0.6		15	5334.2	0.9
Mexico	81	65162.4	5.9		65	58686.5	9.3
Peru	36	7421.7	0.7		20	6910.0	1.1
Venezuela	16	2652.3	0.2		5	1930.8	0.3
East Asia
China	171	29494.8	2.7		23	3005.5	0.5
Korea	151	125037.1	11.2		145	17314.7	2.8
Philippines	46	39729.2	3.6		35	19314.9	3.1
Taiwan, China	83	114474.5	10.3		83	17504.9	2.8
South Asia
India	131	71141.3	6.4		76	14792.2	2.4
Indonesia	45	54570.7	4.9		44	27724.6	4.4
Malaysia	123	162134.5	14.6		123	135326.0	21.5
Pakistan	68	6646.6	0.6		25	4951.0	0.8
Sri Lanka	44	1314.9	0.1		5	456.5	0.1
Thailand	73	95035.9	8.5		72	30821.1	4.9
EMEA
Czech Republic	69	12346.3	1.1		5	5206.7	0.8
Greece	53	11199.7	1.0		47	10623.8	1.7
Hungary	16	2957.4	0.3		8	2544.8	0.4
Jordan	51	3276.3	0.3		8	1107.4	0.2
Nigeria	35	1712.4	0.2		0	0.0	0.0
Poland	23	3892.8	0.4		22	3874.5	0.6
Portugal	30	11404.5	1.0		26	9012.0	1.4
South Africa	63	105981.4	9.5		63	105981.4	16.9
Turkey	54	20641.3	1.9		54	20641.3	3.3
Zimbabwe	24	1677.0	0.2		5	370.4	0.1
Regions
Composite	1682	1112232.6	100.0		1116	628429.1	100.0
Latin America	329	237564.0	21.4		247	197855.5	31.5
Asia	935	699579.5	62.9		631	271211.4	43.2
EMEA	394	175089.1	15.7		238	159362.2	25.4

Last Updated: May 22, 1996

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