what s the highest the russel 2000 has ever been 
the russell 2000 reached a high of 2 458 on nov 7 2021 the bottom linethe russell 2000 is an index of 2 000 small cap companies that was first launched in 1984 it is widely used as a benchmark for u s small cap stocks the index comprises 2 000 of the smallest companies in the russell 3000 which itself covers roughly 98 of the stocks publicly traded in the u s the russell 2000 is rebalanced every june and companies are added deleted or kept 