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STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the new composition of STOXX Benchmarks 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 Sep. 21, 2015, 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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AUTO TRADER GROUP (U.K., Media, AUTOA.L) |
MODERN TIMES GRP B (Sweden, Media, MTGb.ST) |
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RECORDATI (Italy, Health Care, RECI.MI) |
INTERNATIONAL PERSONAL FINANCE (U.K., Financial Services, IPF.L) |
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TECHNICOLOR (France, Media, TCH.PA) |
OUTOKUMPU (Finland, Basic Resources, OUT1V.HE) |
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DASSAULT AVIATION (France, Industrial Goods & Services) |
ABENGOA B (Spain, Oil & Gas, ABGek.MC) |
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BOVIS HOMES GRP (U.K., Personal & Household Goods, BVS.L) |
NEOPOST (France, Technology, NPOS.PA) |
The country code for the following STOXX Europe 600 Index components will change as of Sep. 21, 2015:
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Components, as of Aug. 25, 2015 |
New country code, Sep. 21, 2015 |
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ALTICE NV A (Luxembourg, Telecommunications, ATCA.AS) |
Netherlands |
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AGEAS (Netherlands, Insurance, AGES.BR) |
Belgium |
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QIAGEN (Netherlands, Health Care, QGEN.DE) |
Germany |
As of Jul. 31, 2015, the total free-float market cap of the reconstituted STOXX Europe 600 Index will increase to 8.3768 trillion euros from 8.3705 trillion euros.
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 Sep. 21, 2015.
In addition, as already announced on Apr. 16, 2015 with the results of the annual Emerging and Developed Markets Country Classification review, Morocco is no longer classified as an emerging market as of Sep. 21, 2015.
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 Sep. 11, 2015 after the close of markets. All changes will be effective as of the open of markets on Sep. 21, 2015. In the case of upcoming mergers and acquisitions occurring until the final implementation date, the composition of the indices may change.
