NEW YORK and ZURICH, Switzerland, April 8, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 Index and Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index.
MOL Magyar Olaj-Es Gazipari (Hungary, Oil & Gas, MOL.BU) will be deleted from the Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 Index and replaced by Harju Elekter A.S. (Estonia, Technology, HAE1T.ET).
In the Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index, SIG PLC (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, SHI.LN) will be replaced by BP PLC (U.K., Oil & Gas, BP.LN).
MOL Magyar Olaj-Es Gazipari and SIG PLC are being removed due to the cancellation of their dividend payments.
The changes in the Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 Index and Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Wednesday, April 15, 2009.
Further information on the Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at www.djindexes.com and STOXX Web site at http://www.stoxx.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 Index and Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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