Prices & performance

Closing price as of August 18, 2008

27.37

Source: New York Stock Exchange

For an up-to-date price please click here (Symbol: CHN)

Please remember that past performance is not a guide to future returns.
Source: State Street Corporation/Martin Currie Inc (US$). Three year, five year and since launch returns are all annualized. Source for index data: MSCI for the MSCI Golden Dragon and Copyright 2007 Bloomberg LP for the Hang Seng Chinese Enterprise and the Shanghai Stock Exchange 180.
Total investment returns reflect changes in net asset value per share during each period and assumes that dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, were reinvested. The net asset value percentages are not an indication of the performance of a shareholder's investment in the fund, which is based on market price. Total investment returns are historical and do not guarantee future results. *The fund was launched on July 10, 1992.

Performance in perspective

Movement in premium/discount

Notes on indices
The MSCI Golden Dragon Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the China region. As of May 2005 the MSCI Golden Dragon Index consisted of the following country indices: China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The Hang Seng China Enterprise Index is a capitalization-weighted index comprised of state-owned Chinese companies (H-shares) listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and included in HSMLCI index.

The Shanghai Stock Exchange 180 'A' Share Index is a capitalization-weighted index. The index tracks the daily price performance of the 180 most representative 'A' share stocks listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.