S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces The Results Of March 2013 Canadian Index Reviews

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index Review.  These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, March 18, 2013:

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	60/Completion	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Element Financial Corporation	EFN	Completion	Financials

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	60/Completion	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Colossus Minerals Inc.	CSI	Completion	Materials
Nordion Inc.	NDN	Completion	Health Care
Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd.	PBG	Completion	Energy

Changes to the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also affect the S&P/TSX Capped Composite and Equal Weight Composite Indices.  Stocks added to or removed from the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also be added to or removed from the appropriate Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sector index.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Following the GICS change announcement of February 4, 2013, the shares of Superior Plus Corp. (TSX:SPB) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Capped Industrials and the S&P/TSX Equal Weight Industrials Indices and added to the S&P/TSX Capped Utilities Index at the same time as the quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index review.

S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats and Equity Income Indices

After the close of trading on February 28, 2013, Atlantic Power Corporation (TSX:ATP) announced a reduction in their indicated annual dividend from $CDN1.08 to $CDN0.40 per share. For purposes of managing the quarterly reweighting/rebalancing of these indices after the close of Friday, March 15, 2013, the indicated annual dividend for ATP will be $CDN0.40 and the price used to calculate the yield of ATP will be the 3-day VWAP for March 1 to 5, 2013.

S&P/TSX GLOBAL GOLD INDEX – MARCH 2013 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX – MARCH 2013 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

 

S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS INDEX – MARCH 2013 – QUARTERLY REVIEW 

 

 

S&P/TSX EQUAL WEIGHT GLOBAL GOLD INDEX – MARCH 2013 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

 

 

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE DIVIDEND INDEX – MARCH 2013 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

 

S&P/TSX EQUITY INCOME INDEX – MARCH 2013 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

 

 

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE HIGH BETA INDEX – MARCH 2013 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

 

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Birchcliff Energy Ltd.	BIR
Cenovus Energy Inc.	CVE
Enerplus Corporation	ERF
HudBay Minerals Inc.	HBM
Osisko Mining Corporation	OSK
Penn West Petroleum Ltd.	PWT
Trican Well Service Ltd.	TCW
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Colossus Minerals Inc.	CSI
Detour Gold Corporation	DGC
Kinross Gold Corporation	K
NOVAGOLD Resources Inc.	NG
Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd.	PBG
Rubicon Minerals Corporation	RMX
Uranium One Inc.	UUU

 

 

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE LOW VOLATILITY INDEX – MARCH 2013 - QUARTERLY REVIEW 

 

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Boardwalk REIT	BEI.UN
Canadian Tire Corporation Limited	CTC.A
Pembina Pipeline Corporation	PPL
Power Financial Corporation	PWF
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Dundee Corporation	DC.A
Loblaw Companies Limited	L
Primaris Retail REIT	PMZ.UN
TMX Group Limited	X

 

 

QUARTERLY S&P/TSX EQUAL WEIGHT INDUSTRIALS INDEX REVIEW – MARCH 2013

 

 

 

 

 

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.