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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices
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Dec. 11, 2009 (Canada NewsWire Group) --
TORONTO, Dec. 11 /CNW/ -- Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index Review. These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, December 21, 2009:
S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol 60/Completion Live Composite GICS Sector Index Brookfield Renewable Power Fund BRC.UN Completion Utilities Celtic Exploration Ltd. CLT Completion Energy Centerra Gold Inc. CG Completion Materials Cott Corporation BCB Completion Consumer Staples Gabriel Resources Limited GBU Completion Materials Lake Shore Gold Corp. LSG Completion Materials Rubicon Minerals Corporation RMX Completion Materials SEMAFO Inc. SMF Completion Materials Taseko Mines Limited TKO Completion Materials, Diversified Metals & Mining DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol 60/Completion Live Composite GICS Sector Index Cardiome Pharma Corp. COM Completion Health Care
Changes to the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also affect the S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index. Stocks added to or removed from the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also be added to or removed from the appropriate Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sector index.
S&P/TSX GLOBAL GOLD INDEX - DECEMBER 2009 - QUARTERLY REVIEW ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange CGA Mining Limited CGA TSX Colossus Minerals Inc. CSI TSX Exeter Resource Corporation XRA AMEX Greystar Resources Ltd. GSL TSX International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. ITH TSX Nevsun Resources Ltd. NSU TSX Rubicon Minerals Corporation RMX TSX DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange DRDGOLD Ltd. ADR DROOY NASDAQ S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX - DECEMBER 2009 - QUARTERLY REVIEW ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange CGA Mining Limited CGA TSX Colossus Minerals Inc. CSI TSX Exeter Resource Corporation XRA AMEX First Majestic Silver Corporation FR TSX Greystar Resources Ltd. GSL TSX International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. ITH TSX Nevsun Resources Ltd. NSU TSX DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange DRDGOLD Ltd. ADR DROOY NASDAQ S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS INDEX - DECEMBER 2009 - QUARTERLY REVIEW DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange Forsys Metals Corp. FSY TSX Rubicon Minerals Corporation RMX TSX S&P/TSX CANADIAN DIVIDEND ARISTOCRATS INDEX - DECEMBER 2009 ANNUAL REVIEW ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Cogeco Inc. CGO DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Astral Media Inc. ACM.A Bank of Montreal BMO Boardwalk REIT BEI.UN Calloway REIT CWT.UN Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CM First Capital Realty Inc. FCR Manulife Financial Corporation MFC National Bank of Canada NA Northern Property REIT NPR.UN Primaris Retail REIT PMZ.UN Reitman's (Canada) Ltd. RET.A Royal Bank of Canada RY Sherritt International Corporation S Sun Life Financial Inc. SLF Yellow Pages Income Fund YLO.UN
Company additions to and deletions from an S&P index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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