Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices
29 Maggio 2009 - 12:33AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make
the following changes to the S&P 100, S&P 500, S&P
MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices after the close of
trading on Thursday, June 4: -- S&P 500 constituent MetLife
Inc. (NYSE:MET) will replace Covidien Ltd. (NYSE:COV) in the
S&P 100, S&P MidCap 400 constituent FMC Technologies Inc.
(NYSE:FTI) will replace Covidien in the S&P 500, S&P
SmallCap 600 constituent MICROS Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS) will
replace FMC Technologies in the S&P MidCap 400, and IPC The
Hospitalist Company Inc. (NASDAQ:IPCM) will replace MICROS Systems
in the S&P SmallCap 600. Covidien is in the process of
redomesticating to Ireland, rendering it ineligible for continued
inclusion in the S&P 100 & 500 indices. -- Simmons First
National Corp. (NASDAQ:SFNC) will replace Guaranty Financial Group
Inc. (NYSE:GFG), and DTS Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSI) will replace Irwin
Financial Corp. (NYSE:IFC) in the S&P SmallCap 600. As of
today's close of trading, Guaranty Financial and Irwin Financial
had market capitalizations of approximately $37 million and $35
million respectively, whereas the minimum market cap needed to be
admitted to the index is currently $200 million. Standard &
Poor's will monitor these transactions, and post any relevant
updates on its website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/. MetLife
is a provider of insurance and other financial services. It is
headquartered in New York, NY. FMC Technologies is a provider of
technology solutions for the energy industry. Headquartered in
Houston, TX, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS
(Global Industry Classification Standard) Oil & Gas Equipment
& Services Sub-Industry index. MICROS Systems is a designer,
manufacturer, marketer and servicer of enterprise information
solutions. Headquartered in Columbia, MD, the company will be added
to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS Systems Software Sub-Industry index.
IPC The Hospitalist is a national hospitalist physician group
practice. Headquartered in North Hollywood, CA, the company will be
added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Health Care Services
Sub-Industry index. Simmons First National owns community banks in
Arkansas. Headquartered in Pine Bluff, AR, the company will be
added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Regional Banks Sub-Industry
index. DTS is a provider of branded entertainment technologies.
Headquartered in Agoura Hills, CA, the company will be added to the
S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Electronic Components Sub-Industry index.
Following is a summary of the changes: S&P 100 INDEX - June 4,
2009 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED MetLife
Financials Life & Health Insurance DELETED Covidien Health Care
Health Care Equipment S&P 500 INDEX - June 4, 2009 COMPANY GICS
ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED FMC Energy Oil & Gas
Equipment & Technologies Services DELETED Covidien Health Care
Health Care Equipment S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - June 4, 2009
COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED MICROS
Information Technology Systems Software Systems DELETED FMC Energy
Oil & Gas Equipment & Technologies Services S&P
SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - June 4, 2009 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED IPC The Health Care Health Care Services
Hospitalist Simmons First Financials Regional Banks National DTS
Information Technology Electronic Components DELETED MICROS
Information Technology Systems Software Systems Guaranty Financials
Thrifts & Mortgage Financial Finance Group Irwin Financials
Regional Banks Financial About Standard & Poor's Index Services
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provider, maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark
indices to meet an array of investor needs. Its family of indices
includes the S&P 500, an index with $1.5 trillion invested and
$4.85 trillion benchmarked, and the S&P Global 1200, a
composite index comprised of seven regional and country headline
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