Van Eck Associates Corp. plans to add five exchange-traded funds to its Market Vectors ETF Trust series, Dow Jones Newswires reports.

Market Vectors-Africa ETF seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Africa Index, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from last week.

The Africa Index is comprised of companies with market capitalizations of more than $200 million. The companies in the index are headquartered in Africa or generate the majority of their revenue in Africa.

Market Vectors-Emerging Europe ETF seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the Emerging Europe & Commonwealth of Independent States (ex. Russia), or EE & CIS, Index. The index comprised of companies with market capitalizations greater than $100 million.

Countries in the index include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan; Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia; Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.

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Market Vectors-Gulf States ETF seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the Gulf Corporation Council, or GCC, Index, which is comprised of companies with market capitalizations greater than $100 million.

Market Vectors-Vietnam ETF seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the Vietnam Index, which is comprised of companies with market capitalizations greater than $200 million.

The companies in the index are either headquartered in Vietnam or generate a majority of their revenue in Vietnam.