NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow
Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P 100
and S&P 500 indices:
- Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc. (NYSE: Q) will replace Whole Foods
Market Inc. (NASD: WFM) in the S&P 500 effective prior to the
open on Tuesday, August 29. S&P
100 & 500 constituent Amazon.com Inc. (NASD: AMZN) is acquiring
Whole Foods Market in a deal expected to be completed on
Monday, August 28.
- S&P 500 constituent Charter Communications Inc. (NASD:
CHTR) will replace E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (NYSE: DD) in
the S&P 100, and SBA Communications Corp. (NASD: SBAC) will
replace E. I. du Pont de Nemours in the S&P 500 effective prior
to the open on Friday, September 1.
S&P 100 & 500 constituent The Dow Chemical Company
(NYSE:DOW) is acquiring du Pont in a deal expected to be completed
after the close on Thursday, August
31. Post-merger, the combined company, which will change its
name to DowDuPont Inc. and trade under the ticker "DWDP", will
remain in the S&P 100 & S&P 500.
Charter Communications, headquartered in Stamford, CT, provides cable services to
residential and commercial customers.
Quintiles IMS Holdings provides integrated information and
technology-enabled healthcare services. Headquartered in
Durham, NC, the company will be
added to the S&P 500 GICS (Global Industry Classification
Standard) Life Sciences Tools & Services Sub-Industry
index.
SBA Communications, a real estate investment trust (REIT), owns
and operates wireless communications infrastructure.
Headquartered in Boca Raton,
FL, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS
Specialized REITs Sub-Industry index.
Following is a summary of the changes:
|
S&P 500 INDEX
– August 29, 2017
|
|
COMPANY
|
GICS ECONOMIC
SECTOR
|
GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
|
|
ADDED
|
Quintiles IMS
Holdings
|
Health
Care
|
Life Sciences Tools
&
Services
|
|
DELETED
|
Whole Foods
Market
|
Consumer
Staples
|
Food
Retail
|
|
S&P 100 INDEX
– September 1, 2017
|
|
COMPANY
|
GICS ECONOMIC
SECTOR
|
GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
|
|
ADDED
|
Charter
Communications
|
Consumer
Discretionary
|
Cable &
Satellite
|
|
DELETED
|
du Pont
|
Materials
|
Diversified
Chemicals
|
|
S&P 500 INDEX
– September 1, 2017
|
|
COMPANY
|
GICS ECONOMIC
SECTOR
|
GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
|
|
ADDED
|
SBA
Communications
|
Real
Estate
|
Specialized
REITs
|
|
DELETED
|
du Pont
|
Materials
|
Diversified
Chemicals
|
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America Communications
New York, USA
(+1) 212 438 8184
luke.shane@spglobal.com
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Communications
London, UK
(+44) 207 176 3023
haw-yan.man@spglobal.com
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Communications
Hong Kong, HK
(+852) 2532 8061
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