STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 21, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Stockholm Stock Exchange's Most Traded and ATTRACT40(tm) segments will be updated as of July 1, 2005. On the Most Traded segment of the A List, two companies are being removed. The O List segment, ATTRACT40, will feature 18 new companies, while 11 will be removed from the segment.
An update of the Most Traded and ATTRACT40 segments is carried out every six months on the basis of trading statistics. This ensures that the Most Traded and ATTRACT40 segments reflect the companies that have been of greatest interest to investors during the immediately preceding year and half-year.
From July 1 2005, the Most Traded segment will include 29 companies. ATTRACT40 will consist of 54 companies, of which 18 are new since the preceding period and 11 will be removed from the segment. The companies that are removed from the Most Traded and ATTRACT40 segments will be traded in the "Other shares" segments of the A List and O List, respectively.
Changes in the Most Traded and ATTRACT40 segments as of July 1, 2005:
-- New companies in Most Traded segment: None.
-- Companies removed from Most Traded segment: Autoliv Inc.
and AB Industrivarden.
-- New companies on ATTRACT40: Cash Guard AB, Framfab AB, Industrial
& Financial Systems IFS AB, JC AB, Lundin Mining Corp., Meda AB,
Orc Software AB, PartnerTech AB, RaySearch Laboratories AB,
ReadSoft AB, Rederi AB Transatlantic, Riddarhyttan Resources AB,
RNB RETAIL AND BRANDS AB, Semcon AB, Sigma AB, Studsvik AB,
Svedbergs i Dalstorp AB and Wilh. Sonesson AB.
-- Companies removed from ATTRACT40: Active Biotech AB, Bilia AB,
Capona AB, Concordia Maritime AB, Enea AB, Net Insight AB,
Nolato AB, NOTE AB, Pergo AB, Skanditek Industriforvaltning AB
and SWECO AB.
About OMX Exchanges
OMX is a leading partner for more efficient securities transactions. OMX consists of two divisions: OMX Technology and OMX Exchanges. Through the OMX Exchanges division, OMX owns and operates the equity and derivatives exchanges in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius as well as the central securities depositories in Estonia and Latvia. Through OMX Exchanges, OMX offers access to approximately 80 percent of the Nordic and Baltic Securities market. For more information please visit www.omxgroup.com.
This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net
The following files are available for download:
http://wpy.waymaker.net/client/waymaker1/WOLReleaseFile.aspx?id=109457&fn=wkr0001.pdf http://wpy.waymaker.net/client/waymaker1/WOLReleaseFile.aspx?id=109457&fn=wkr0010.pdf Appendix 1
http://wpy.waymaker.net/client/waymaker1/WOLReleaseFile.aspx?id=109457&fn=wkr0011.pdf Appendix 2