CHICAGO, May 13, 2002 -STOXX, Ltd. today announced changes in the composition of the Dow Jones STOXX Total Market Index, the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index and Dow Jones STOXX Football Index.
Effective June 24, the following 12 stocks will be added to the Dow Jones STOXX 600 and its respective sectors& Agfa Gevaert (Belgium), Autoroutes du Sud France ASF (France), Banca Antonveneta (Italy), Centros Comerciales Carrefour (Spain), Dairy Crest (Great Britain), Geberit (Switzerland), Imerys (France), Kidde (Great Britain), Neopost (France), Pillar Property (Great Britain), Centerpulse (previously Sulzer Medica N) (Switzerland) and Vallehermoso (Spain).
Companies exiting the index include BHW (Germany), Cambridge Antibody Tech Group (Great Britain), Colt Telecom (Great Britain), Europolitan (Sweden), Intracom (Greece), M6 Metropole TV (France), Marconi (Great Britain), OM Group (Sweden), Pace Micro Tech (Great Britain), Tecan (Switzerland), Telewest Communications (Great Britain) and The Big Food Group (Great Britain).
The market sectors for the following Dow Jones STOXX 600 components will change:
Amey (Great Britain): from Construction to Industrial Goods & Services; Banca Fideuram (Italy): from Banks to Financial Services; and ING (Netherlands) from Financial Services to Insurance.
Two companies will be added to the Dow Jones STOXX Football Index, Besiktas Istanbul and Galatasaray Istanbul, increasing the number of components in the index to 35.
A list with all changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Total Market Index is available on www.stoxx.com.
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 19, 2002. All changes will be implemented after the close of European trading on Friday, June 21, 2002, effective on Monday, June 24, 2002.
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Agfa Gevaert (BE) |
Cyclical Goods & Services |
BHW (DE) |
Financial Services |
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Autoroutes du Sud France ASF (FR) |
Industrial Goods & Services |
Cambridge Antibody Group (GB) |
Healthcare |
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Bca. Antonveneta (IT) |
Banks |
Colt Telecom (GB) |
Telecommunications |
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Centros Comerciales Carrefour (ES) |
Retail |
Europolitan (SE) |
Telecommunications |
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Dairy Crest (GB) |
Food & Beverage |
Intracom (GR) |
Technology |
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Geberit (CH) |
Construction |
M6 Metropole TV (FR) |
Media |
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Imerys (FR) |
Construction |
Marconi (GB) |
Technology |
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Kidde (GB) |
Non cyclical Goods & Services |
OM Group (SE) |
Financial Services |
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Neopost (FR) |
Technology |
Pace Micro Tech (GB) |
Industrial Goods & Services |
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Pillar Property (GB) |
Financial Services |
Tecan (CH) |
Industrial Goods & Services |
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Sulzer Medica N (CH) |
Healthcare |
Telewest (GB) |
Media |
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Vallehermoso (ES) |
Financial Services |
The Big Food Group (GB) |
Non cyclical Goods & Services |
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