Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices
2006年6月1日 - 8:01AM
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NEW YORK, May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Standard & Poor's
will make the following changes to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap
400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices: S&P MidCap 400
constituent Commerce Bancorp Inc. (NYSE:CBH) will replace Engelhard
Corp. (NYSE:EC) in the S&P 500 after the close of trading on
Monday, June 5. Engelhard is being acquired by S&P Global 1200
constituent BASF Aktiengesellschaft in an offer that is scheduled
to close on or about that date, pending final approvals. S&P
SmallCap 600 constituent Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
(NYSE:RS) will replace Commerce Bancorp in the S&P MidCap 400,
and Stamps.com Inc. (NASD: STMP) will replace Reliance Steel &
Aluminum in the S&P SmallCap 600. Standard & Poor's will
monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its
website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/ . Commerce Bancorp is a
financial services retailer operating a network of branch offices
serving New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, New York,
Washington, DC, Virginia, and Florida. Headquartered in Cherry
Hill, NJ, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS (Global
Industry Classification Standard) Regional Banks Sub-Industry
index. Reliance Steel & Aluminum is a metals service center
company. Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, the company will be
added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS Steel Sub-Industry index.
Stamps.com's core service allows customers to buy and print U.S.
Postal Service-approved postage remotely. Headquartered in Los
Angeles, CA, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600
GICS Internet Retail Sub- Industry index. Following is a summary of
the changes: S&P 500 INDEX -- June 5, 2006 COMPANY GICS
ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Commerce Bancorp Financials
Regional Banks DELETED Engelhard Corp. Materials Diversified
Chemicals S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX -- June 5, 2006 COMPANY GICS
ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Reliance Steel Materials
Steel & Aluminum DELETED Commerce Bancorp Financials Regional
Banks S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX -- June 5, 2006 COMPANY GICS
ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Stamps.com Consumer
Discretionary Internet Retail DELETED Reliance Steel Materials
Steel & Aluminum Additions to and deletions from an S&P
equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment
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