STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the new composition of the STOXX Benchmark and their sub- and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX Americas 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index.
As announced previously, with this review the STOXX Americas 600 Index will be renamed to STOXX North America 600 Index as of June 18, 2012. The index is a sub-set of the STOXX Global 1800 Index, and represents the 600 largest companies in the Americas portion of the global index. As it only covers Canada and the United States, the index will be renamed to STOXX North America 600 Index for clarity’s sake. The index universe of this index remains unchanged.
Effective as of the open of European markets on June 18, 2012, the following stocks will be added to and deleted from the STOXX Europe 600 Index and its respective size and sector indices:
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Additions |
Deletions |
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OPHIR ENERGY PLC (U.K., Oil & Gas, OPHR.L) |
NEXANS (France, Industrial Goods & Services, NEXS.PA) |
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HUGO BOSS PREF (Germany, Personal & Household Goods, BOSG_p.DE) |
BEKAERT (Belgium, Industrial Goods & Services, BEKB.BR) |
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SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS (U.K., Technology, SPT.L) |
BANKINTER (Spain, Banks, BKT.MC) |
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FREENET (Germany, Telecommunications, FNTGn.DE) |
MOBISTAR (Belgium, Telecommunications, MSTAR.BR) |
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MITIE GRP (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, MTO.L) |
SANOMA (Finland, Media, SAA1V.HE) |
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LEONI (Germany, Industrial Goods & Services, LEOGn.DE) |
CHEMRING GRP (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, CHG.L) |
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OC OERLIKON (Switzerland, Industrial Goods & Services, OERL.S) |
INDRA SISTEMAS (Spain, Technology, IDR.MC) |
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FILTRONA (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, FLTR.L) |
FAURECIA (France, Automobiles & Parts, EPED.PA) |
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QINETIQ GRP (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, QQ.L) |
CSM (Netherlands, Food & Beverage, CSMNc.AS) |
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HAVAS (France, Media, EURC.PA) |
MITCHELL & BUTLERS (U.K., Travel & Leisure, MAB.L) |
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CABLE & WIRELESS WORLDWIDE (U.K., Telecommunications, CWP.L) |
ERAMET (France, Basic Resources, ERMT.PA) |
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GSW IMMOBILIEN AG (Germany, Real Estate, GIBG.DE) |
A2A (Italy, Utilities, A2.MI) |
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DE LA RUE (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, DLAR.L) |
BCA CARIGE (Italy, Banks, CRGI.MI) |
As of April 30, 2012, the total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted STOXX Europe 600 Index will remain unchanged at€5.15 trillion.
The sector classification for the STOXX Europe 600 Index components PHILIPS ELECTRONICS (Netherlands, Personal & Household Goods, PHG.AS) and TECNICAS REUNIDAS (Spain, Construction & Materials, TRE.MC) will change to Industrial Goods & Services and Oil & Gas, respectively.
The STOXX Global 1800 Index, STOXX North America 600 Index (formerly STOXX Americas 600 Index ) and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index are also part of this regular quarterly review. Additions to and deletions from these indices can be found at:
http://www.stoxx.com/download/indices/methodology/fixed_component_changes.xls.
Furthermore, the STOXX Europe Total Market Index, STOXX EU Enlarged Total Market, STOXX Eastern Europe Total Market and STOXX Eastern Europe 300 indices are also part of this regular quarterly review. Their new composition can be found on the respective page at www.stoxx.com on June 18, 2012.
Changes are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular quarterly component review. The adjusted component weightings, including the number of shares and free-float factors, will be announced on June 8, 2012 after the close of markets. All changes will be effective as of the open of markets on June 18, 2012. In the case of upcoming mergers and acquisitions occurring until the final implementation date, the composition of the indices may change.
