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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 North America 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index.
Effective as of the open of European markets on December 23, 2013, 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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RTL GRP (Luxemburg, Media, AUDKt.BR) |
GSW IMMOBILIEN AG (Germany, Real Estate, GIBG.DE) |
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HISCOX (U.K., Insurance, HSX.L) |
VALIANT (Switzerland, Banks, VATN.S) |
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OCI (Netherlands, Construction & Materials, OCI.AS) |
YIT (Finland, Construction & Materials, YTY1V.HE) |
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LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS (U.K., Insurance, LRE.L) |
BIOMERIEUX (France, Health Care, BIOX.PA) |
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JAZZTEL (U.K., Telecommunications, JAZ.MC) |
BWIN.PARTY (U.K., Travel & Leisure, BPTY.L) |
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TF1 (France, Media, TFFP.PA) |
DE LA RUE (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, DLAR.L) |
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POSTNL (Netherlands, Industrial Goods & Services, PTNL.AS) |
AIXTRON (Germany, Technology, AIXGn.DE)
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As of October 31, 2013, the total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted STOXX Europe 600 Index increased to €6.65 trillion from €6.64 trillion.
The RIC code for the STOXX Europe 600 Index component RTL GRP (Luxemburg, Media, AUDKt.BR) will change to RRTL.DE as of December 23, 2013. As of the same date, the country classification for the index component JAZZTEL (U.K., Telecommunications, JAZ.MC) will change to Spain.
The STOXX Global 1800 Index, STOXX North America 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 December 23, 2013.
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 December 13, 2013 after the close of markets. All changes will be effective as of the open of markets on December 23, 2013. In the case of upcoming mergers and acquisitions occurring until the final implementation date, the composition of the indices may change.
