ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 11, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- STOXX Ltd., the leading European index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Balkan 50 Equal Weighted Index, Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index and Dow Jones STOXX TMI Index.
Cosmote S.A (Greece, Telecommunications, COSMO.AT) will be deleted from the Dow Jones STOXX Balkan 50 Equal Weighted Index, Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index and Dow Jones STOXX TMI Index due to its acquisition by OTE S.A (Greece, Telecommunications, OTEr.AT).
In the Dow Jones STOXX Balkan 50 Equal Weighted Index, Cosmote S.A. will be replaced by Marfin Investment Group (Greece, Financial Services, MIG.AT).
In the Dow Jones STOXX TMI and Dow Jones STOXX 600 and respective sector indexes, Cosmote S.A. will be replaced by Eramet (France, Basic Resources, 13175.FR).
The changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Balkan 50 Equal Weighted, Dow Jones STOXX TMI and Dow Jones STOXX 600 indexes will be effective as of the open of trading on Friday, December 14, 2007.
Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones STOXX indexes, can be found on the STOXX Indexes Web site at http://www.stoxx.com.
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