NEW YORK, June 7, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) 50 Index and the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index.
Bourse De Montreal Inco. (Canada, MXX.T) will be added to the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index, which brings the total number of components to 23. The changes are results of the regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index and will be effective before the open of trading on Monday, June 18, 2007.
The Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index measures the performance of all publicly traded stock exchanges and trading floors. The index is reviewed on a quarterly basis and is calculated in both price and total return. The current 22 components are Australian Stock Exchange Limited (Australia, ASX.AU), Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (Spain, BME.MC), Bursa Malaysia Bhd (Malaysia, 1818.KU), CBOT Holdings Inc. Cl A (United States, BOT), Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Cl (United States, CME), Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany, DB1.XE), Dubai Financial Market (United Arab Emirates, DFM.AI; N/DFM), Euronext N.V. (France, 29064.AE), Hellenic Exchanges Holdings S.A. (Greece, EXAE.AT), Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (Hong Kong, 0388.HK), Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (United States, ICE), International Securities Exchange Holdings Inc (United States, ISE), JSE Limited (South Africa, JSE.JO), London Stock Exchange Group PLC (United Kingdom, LSE.LN), Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. (United States, NDAQ), New Zealand Exchange Limited (New Zealand, NZX.NZ), Nymex Holdings Inc. (United States, N/NMX), NYSE EURONEXT (United States, NYX), OMX AB (Sweden, OMX.SK), Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (Philippines, PSE.PH), Singapore Exchange Limited (Singapore, S68.SG) and TSX Group Inc. (Canada, X.T).
Arcelor Brasil S/A Ord. (Brazil, BOVESPA: ARCE3) will be deleted from the Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index and replaced by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce Ord (Brazil, BOVERSPA: VALE3). Arcelor Brasil S/A Ord. is being removed due to its acquisition by Arcelor Mittal (France). The changes in the Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index will be effective before the open of trading on Monday, June 11, 2007.
The Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index is an investable, blue-chip index that measures the performance of the 50 largest and most liquid companies in Brazil, Russia, India and China. The number of components in the Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index is fixed at 15 each for Brazil, India and China and five components for Russia to reflect the size of each market in the index. The Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index is weighted by free-float market capitalization and is calculated in USD and Euro.
As of June 6, 2007 the Dow Jones BRIC 50 index is up 6.9% and the float-adjusted market capitalization is US$725.44 billion from US$702.81 billion.
The Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index is up 15.7% as of June 6, 2007 and the float-adjusted market capitalization is US$127 billion.
As of June 6, 2007, the free-float market capitalization of the component added to the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index, Bourse De Montreal Inco. is $1071 million.
Further information on the Dow Jones Global Exchanges and Dow Jones BRIC 50 Indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Global Exchanges and Dow Jones BRIC 50 Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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