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Russell 2000 chart
The Russell 2000 is a stock market index of roughly 2,000 smaller US publicly listed companies, maintained by FTSE Russell. It is the most widely used benchmark for US small-cap equity performance.
This page shows a CFD from FOREX.com that tracks the Russell 2000's price movements, not the index itself, since the underlying index is not published as a free tradable feed on TradingView.
Russell 2000 chart
FOREXCOM:US2000CFD tracking the Russell 2000 (FOREX.com US Small Cap 2000). The index itself is not available to free TradingView widgets.
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At a glance
| Full name | Russell 2000 Index |
|---|---|
| Ticker / common abbreviation | RUT |
| TradingView symbol | FOREXCOM:US2000 |
| Instrument type shown | CFD tracking the index |
| Index provider | FTSE Russell (LSEG) |
| Market covered | Around 2,000 smaller US-listed companies |
| Quotation currency | US dollar |
| Trading/market schedule | Underlying market: US exchange hours; CFD trades on the broker's own extended schedule |
| Price return vs total return | Headline index is price return; dividends are excluded |
| Data delay | CFD quotes from the liquidity provider, typically near real-time; check TradingView for the specific feed status |
What is Russell 2000?
The Russell 2000 is maintained by FTSE Russell and comprises approximately the smallest 2,000 companies within the broader Russell 3000 index, which itself represents around 3,000 of the largest US-listed companies by market capitalisation.
Constituents are weighted by float-adjusted market capitalisation, so larger companies within the small-cap universe carry more influence than the very smallest members, though the overall effect is more evenly distributed than in large-cap indices dominated by a handful of mega-caps.
The index is reconstituted annually, typically in June, when membership is recalculated based on updated company sizes. The commonly quoted figure is a price-return index and excludes dividends; the index cannot be bought directly, only tracked through funds, futures or CFDs.
How to read this chart
A rising Russell 2000 chart indicates that smaller US-listed companies have gained in aggregate on a capitalisation-weighted basis; a falling chart indicates the opposite.
Because small-cap companies often carry more debt and rely more on domestic financing conditions, the index can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates and credit availability than large-cap benchmarks.
The chart here is a CFD proxy and can diverge slightly from the official index intraday due to the provider's own pricing; the annual reconstitution can also cause a one-off shift in composition each June.
What moves it?
- US domestic economic conditions
- Small-cap companies typically generate a larger share of revenue domestically than multinational large-caps, making the index sensitive to US consumer and business demand.
- Interest-rate sensitivity
- Smaller firms often carry proportionally more floating-rate or shorter-term debt, so changes in borrowing costs can affect their profitability more directly than larger companies.
- Credit market conditions
- Access to financing and credit spreads matter disproportionately to smaller companies with less diversified funding sources.
- Annual reconstitution
- The yearly rebalancing of membership can cause temporary volatility around the effective date as funds tracking the index adjust their holdings.
- Risk appetite
- As a higher-volatility segment of the market, the index tends to amplify broad shifts in investor risk appetite relative to large-cap benchmarks.
Why businesses and investors monitor it
The Russell 2000 is often used as a gauge of the health of smaller, more domestically focused US businesses, which can behave differently from large multinational companies during periods of currency or global-trade stress.
Investors compare its performance with large-cap indices to assess whether market gains are broad-based or concentrated in a small number of very large companies.
Russell 2000 vs S&P 500
The Russell 2000 tracks smaller US companies with generally more domestic revenue exposure, while the S&P 500 tracks large-cap companies with substantial international operations and revenue.
The two can diverge meaningfully during periods of currency swings, global trade tension or changes in credit conditions, since these affect large multinational and smaller domestic companies differently.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as a small-cap company in the Russell 2000?
Membership is determined by market capitalisation ranking within the broader Russell 3000 universe, so the specific size range varies from year to year as the market moves.
Why is the Russell 2000 considered more volatile?
Smaller companies generally have less diversified operations, less analyst coverage and more sensitivity to domestic credit conditions, which tends to increase price volatility relative to large-cap indices.
When is the index reconstituted?
FTSE Russell reconstitutes the Russell indices annually, typically effective in late June, based on updated company market-capitalisation rankings.
Why is a CFD shown instead of the index?
The official Russell 2000 index feed is not offered as a free TradingView symbol, so this page uses a CFD from FOREX.com that closely tracks its price movements.
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Written and maintained by the StandardsDesk editorial team. Last reviewed 2026-08-06. The explanatory text on this page is evergreen: it is not updated with market movements, and no current price or level is quoted anywhere outside the chart.
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