Dow Jones Indexes Announces The Results Of A Regular Review Of Indexes

NEW YORK, March 4, 2004 – Dow Jones Indexes announced the results of the annual review of the Dow Jones Country Titans and the quarterly review of the Dow Jones MicroSector indexes.

Effective March 22, the 22 changes listed below are being made in the following 11 Country Titans Indexes: Dow Jones Australia Titans 30, Dow Jones Canada Titans 40, Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50, Dow Jones Germany Titans 30, Dow Jones Italy Titans 30, Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30, Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30, Dow Jones Spain Titans 30, Dow Jones Sweden Titans 30, Dow Jones Japan Titans 100, and Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30. There are no changes in the Dow Jones France Titans 30, Dow Jones RusIndex Titans 10, and Dow Jones Switzerland Titans 30 indexes as a result of the review.

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Dow Jones Australia Titans 30

Rinker Group Ltd.

Lend Lease Corp. Ltd.

 

WMC Resources Ltd.

Mayne Group Ltd.

Dow Jones Canada Titans 40

Research in Motion Ltd.

Molson Inc. CI A

 

ATI Technologies Inc.

Goldcorp Inc.

Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50

Amersham PLC

Smiths Group PLC

 

ITV PLC

Rentokil Initial PLC

 

Man Group PLC

InterContinential Hotels Group PLC

Dow Jones Germany Titans 30

Continental AG

Beiersdorf AG

Dow Jones Italy Titans 30

e.Biscom S.p.A

Banca Lombarda e Piemontese S.p.A

Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30

Getronics N.V.

CSM N.V

 

Versatel Telecom International N.V.

Van der Moolen Holding N.V.

Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30

Telkom S.A. Ltd.

Alexander Forbes Ltd.

 

JD Group Ltd.

Durban Roodepoort Deep Ltd.

Dow Jones Spain Titans 30

Iberia Lineas Aeras de Espana S.A.

Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion S.A.

Dow Jones Sweden Titans 30

Getinge AB B

Billerud AB

Dow Jones Japan Titans 100

Resona Holdings Inc.

Asahi Breweries Ltd.

 

Yahoo Japan Corp.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.

 

Nitto Denko Corp.

Nippon Unipac Holding

 

Konica Minolta Holdings Inc.

Matsushita Electric Works Ltd.

 

Seiko Epson Corp.

West Japan Railway Co.

Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30

Wharf (Holdings) Ltd.

China Resources Enterprise Ltd.

 

China Merchants Holdings (International) Co.

Guoco Group Ltd.

The weighted free-float market capitalization in $US of the reconstituted Dow Jones Country Titans as of February 27, 2004:

  • Dow Jones Australia Titans 30 increased from $US 284.6 billion to $US 289.6 billion
  • Dow Jones Canada Titans 40 increased from $US 413.6 billion to $US 419.3 billion
  • Dow Jones UK Titans 50 increased from $US 1,683.2 billion to $US 1,692.5 billion
  • Dow Jones Germany Titans 30 increased from $US 512.7 billion to $US 515.8 billion
  • Dow Jones Italy Titans 30 decreased from $US 243.9 billion to $US 243.2 billion
  • Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30 increased from $US 328.2 billion to $US 329.4 billion
  • Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30 increased from $US 86.0 billion to $US 87.6 billion
  • Dow Jones Spain Titans 30 increased from $US 183.1 billion to $US183.9 billion
  • Dow Jones Sweden Titans 30 increased from $US 169.4 billion to $US 170.2 billion
  • Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 increased from $US 1,366.2 billion to $US 1,379.2 billion
  • Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30 increased from $US 149.7 billion to $US 152.5 billion

Changes in the Country Titans are being announced today after the conclusion of the regular annual component review using the free-float market capitalization and trading volume for components as of February 27, 2004. The changes will be effective at the start of trading on March 22, 2004.
There were no changes made in the Dow Jones MicroSector Indexes after the conclusion of the regular review using component data as of March 1, 2004.
Dow Jones MicroSector Indexes are derived from stocks and ADRs in industry groups and subgroups that comprise the Dow Jones Global Indexes. A selection list for each index is created from the top ten eligible stocks in the industry group or subgroup ranked by free-float market capitalization, dollar volume, and options volume.
The industry groups and subgroups that underlie the initial Dow Jones MicroSector Indexes are: Aerospace, Banks, Biotechnology, Communications Technology, Diversified Financial, Electric Utilities, Diversified Industrial, Investment Services, Major Oil Companies, Pharmaceuticals, Precious Metals, Retail, Semiconductors, Software, and Technology Hardware and Equipment.
The detailed methodology for each index is published in the indexes’ rulebooks, accessible on the Dow Jones Indexes web site at http://www.djindexes.com.

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