NEW YORK, March 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, announced the results of the regular annual review of the Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes.
Effective March 19, the 25 changes listed below will occur in the following 12 Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes: Dow Jones Australia Titans 30, Dow Jones Brazil Titans 20 ADR, Dow Jones Canada Titans 40, Dow Jones France Titans 30, Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30, Dow Jones Japan Titans 100, Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30, Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50, Dow Jones Rusindex Titans 10, Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30, Dow Jones Sweden Titans 30, and Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20.
No changes are being made in the following Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes: Dow Jones Germany Titans 30, Dow Jones Italy Titans 30, Dow Jones Spain Titans 30 and Dow Jones Switzerland Titans 30.
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Dow Jones Zinifex Limited (ZFX) TABCorp Holdings Ltd.
Australia Toll Holdings Limited (TOL) Bluescope Steel Ltd.
Titans 30 Publishing & Broadcasting Limited AGL Energy Ltd.
(PBL)
Dow Jones Embraer-Empresa Braziliera de
Brazil Aeronautica S/A (ERJ) CPFL Energia S.A. ADS
Titans 20
ADR TAM S/A ADS (TAM) Braskem S/A ADS
Dow Jones
Canada Kinross Gold Corporation(TK) Loblaw Cos. Ltd.
Titans 40
Dow Jones
France Arcelor Mittal (QMTP) Capgemini
Titans 30 Vallourec S.A. (12035) Lagardere S.C.A.
Industrial & Commercial Bank of BOC Hong Kong
China Ltd.(1398) (Holdings) Ltd.
Dow Jones Bank of China Ltd. (3988) Hongkong Electric
Hong Kong China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. H Holdings Ltd.
Titans 30 (3968) MTR Corp. Ltd.
Hang Lung Properties Ltd. (0101) CITIC Pacific Ltd.
Dow Jones Marubeni Corp.(800200) Takefuji Corp.
Japan Kubota Corp.(632600) Rakuten Inc.
Titans 100 Yamada Denki Co. Ltd. (9831) Sanyo Electric Co.
Ltd.
Dow Jones
Netherlands Wereldhave N.V.(28921) Getronics N.V.
Titans 30 Nutreco Holding N.V. (37540) Oce N.V.
Dow Jones
U.K. J Sainsbury PLC (SBRY) ITV PLC
Titans 50
Dow Jones
Rusindex Mobile Telesystems (MTSS) Severstal JSC
Titans 10 Uralsvyazinform JSC (URSI) Gazprom Neft
Dow Jones
South Africa Network Healthcare Holdings Ltd. Liberty Group Ltd.
Titans 30 (NTC)
Dow Jones
Sweden Husqvarna AB Series B (HUSQ-B) Trelleborg AB
Titans 30 Series B
Enka Insaat ve
Dow Jones Petrol Ofisi A.S. (PTOF) Sanayi A.S.
Turkey Sekerbank A.S. (SKBNK) IS Gayrimenkul
Titans 20 Turk Hava Yollari A.O. (THYAO) Yatirim Ortakligi
A.S.
Tofas Turk Otomobil
Fabrikasi A.S.
The weighed free-float market capitalization in $US of the reconstituted Dow Jones Titans as of February 28, 2007:
-- Dow Jones Australia Titans 30 increased to $570.26 billion from
$565.57 billion
-- Dow Jones Brazil Titans 20 ADR increased to $140.20 billion from
$134.52 billion
-- Dow Jones Canada Titans 40 increased to $781.09 billion from
$777.01 billion
-- Dow Jones France Titans 30 increased to $1177.06 billion from
$1146.12 billion
-- Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30 increased to $338.27 billion from
$316.10 billion
-- Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 increased to $2400.46 billion from
$2382.27 billion
-- Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30 increased to $521.56 billion from
$519.27 billion
-- Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 increased to $2418.62 billion from
$2411.23 billion
-- Dow Jones Rusindex Titans 10 decreased from $172.33 billion to
$169.10 billion
-- Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30 increased to $196.81 billion from
$194.97 billion
-- Dow Jones Sweden Titans 30 increased to $318.14 billion from
$316.10 billion
-- Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 decreased from $31.24 billion to
$31.22 billion
Changes in the Country Titans are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular annual component review using the free-float market capitalization and trading volume for components as of February 28, 2007. The changes will be effective at the start of trading on Monday, March 19, 2007.
The review is based on a methodology that considers free-float market capitalization and liquidity. 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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