NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ Stock Market^® (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that trading was halted today in the Russell Small Cap Aggressive Growth ETF (Nasdaq:SGGG), the Russell Small Cap Low P/E ETF (Nasdaq:SCLP) and the Russell Small Cap Consistent Growth ETF (Nasdaq:SCOG) at 16:00:47, 16:00:40 and 16:00:26 Eastern Time, respectively, for "additional information requested" from the company at last sale prices of $63.61, $69.55 and $64.7516, respectively.

Trading will remain halted until the company has fully satisfied NASDAQ's request for additional information.

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