Nine Mile Metals Ltd. press release
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices
CSE - Canadian National Stock Exchange · Copper · Zinc · Lead · Silver · Gold · Indium · Canada
Dec. 30, 2009 (Canada NewsWire Group) --
TORONTO, Dec. 30 /CNW/ -- Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:
Cameco Corporation (TSX:CCO) has announced the closing of a bought- deal offering of shares of Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX:CG). Following the transaction, Cameco will have disposed of its entire stake in Centerra. The relative weight of Centerra will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity and the S&P/TSX Capped Materials indices to reflect the increase in index shares as part of the transaction, which will be effective after the close of trading on Thursday, December 31, 2009.
Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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