Profile: iShares Trust: iShares S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index Fund (IGE.P)

iShares S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index Fund, formerly iShares S&P GSSI Natural Resources Index Fund (the Fund), seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index (the Index). The Index has been developed as an equity benchmark for United States-traded natural resource-related stocks.

The Index includes companies in the categories, which include extractiveindustries, energy companies, owners and operators of timber tracts, forestry services, producers of pulp and paper, and owners of plantations. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.