NEW YORK, March 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular annual review of the Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes. Effective March 24, 2008, the 29 changes listed below will occur in the Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes for the following countries: Australia, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
No changes are being made in the following Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes: Dow Jones Brazil Titans 20 ADR Index, Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10 Index, Dow Jones Germany Titans 30 Index, Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30 Index and Dow Jones Switzerland Titans 30 Index.
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Dow Jones Australia Orica Ltd.(ORI.AU) Toll Holdings Ltd.
Titans 30 Index Lihir Gold Ltd.(LGL.AU) (TOL.AU)
BlueScope Steel Ltd. Goodman Group(GMG.AU)
(BSL.AU) Consolidated Media
Holdings Ltd.
(CMJ.AU)
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Dow Jones Canada Yamana Gold Inc.(TRI.T) Nortel Networks Corp.
Titans 40 Index Agrium Inc.(AGU.T) (NT.T; NT)
Great-West Lifeco
Inc.(GWO.T)
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Dow Jones France Electricite de France PPR S.A.(12148.FR)
Titans 30 Index S.A.(1024231.FR) European Aeronautic
Alstom S.A.(1022047.FR) Defence & Space
Co.EADS(5730.FR)
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Dow Jones Hong Kong Aluminum Corp. of China New World Development
Titans 30 Index Ltd.(2600.HK) Co. Ltd.(0017.HK)
China Overseas Land & Wharf (Holdings) Ltd.
Investment Ltd.(0688.HK) (0004.HK)
China COSCO Holdings Co. Foxconn International
Ltd.(1919.HK) Holdings Ltd.(2038.HK)
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Dow Jones Italy Mediolanum S.p.A.
Titans 30 Index Prysmian S.p.A.(PRY.MI) (MED.MI)
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Dow Jones Japan Inpex Holdings Inc. Mitsubishi Motors
Titans 100 Index (1605.TO) Corp. (7211.TO)
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Yamato Holdings Co.
Ltd.(9107.TO) Ltd. (9064.TO)
Japan Steel Works Ltd. Shinsei Bank Ltd.
(5631.TO) (8303.TOY)
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Dow Jones U.K. Scottish & Newcastle PLC
Titans 50 Index (SCTN.LN) Carnival PLC (CCL.LN)
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Dow Jones RusIndex Mobile Telesystems Rostelecom
Titans 10 Index (MTSS.RS) (ROS; RTKM.RS)
Novatek(NVTK.RS) Uralsvyazinform JSC
Rosneft(ROSN.RS) (URSI.RS)
Mobile Telesystems
(MTSS.RS)
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Dow Jones South Murray & Roberts Holdings Netcare Ltd.(NTC.JO)
Africa Ltd.(MUR.JO) Foschini Ltd.(FOS.JO)
Titans 30 Index Pretoria Portland Cement JD Group Ltd.(JDG.JO)
Co. Ltd.(PPC.JO)
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.
(KIO.JO)
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Dow Jones Spain Endesa S.A.(ELE.MC) Metrovacesa S.A.
Titans 30 Index Grifols S.A.(GRF.MC) (MVC.MC)
Compania Espanola de
Petroleos S.A.(CEP.MC)
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Dow Jones Sri Lanka Colombo Dockyard Ltd. Asiri Hospitals Ltd.
Titans 20 Index (DOCK.SL) (ASIR.SL)
Chemical Industries Associated Motorways
(Colombo) Ltd.(CIC.SL) Ltd.(AMW.SL)
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Dow Jones Sweden
Titans 30 Index JM AB(JM.SK) Eniro AB (ENRO.SK)
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Dow Jones Turkey Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. Petkim Petrokimya
Titans 20 Index (HALKB.IS) Holding A.S.(PETKM.IS)
Asya Katilim Bankasi A.S. Turkiye Sise Ve Cam
(ASYAB.IS) Fabrikalari A.S.
Enka Insaat ve Sanayi (SISE.IS)
A.S.(ENKAI.IS) Arcelik A.S.(ARCLK.IS)
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The free-float market capitalization in USD of the reconstituted Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes as of February 29, 2008:
Dow Jones Australia Titans 30 Index increased to $658.18 million from $646.81 million Dow Jones Canada Titans 40 Index increased to $972.09 million from $963.96 million Dow Jones France Titans 30 Index increased to $1205.16 million from $1176.80 million Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30 Index increased to $467.45 million from $462.37 million Dow Jones Italy Titans 30 Index increased to $519.51 million from $519.11 million Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 Index increased to $2082.59 million from $2076.22 million Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 Index increased to $2390.68 million from $2384.60 million Dow Jones RusIndex Titans 10 Index increased to $15.08 million from $13.69 million Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30 Index increased to $202.20 million from $196.92 million Dow Jones Spain Titans 30 Index increased to $523.65 million from $519.59 million Dow Jones Sri Lanka Titans 20 Index decreased to $1341.41 million from $1384.13 million Dow Jones Sweden Titans 30 Index increased to $285.78 million from $284.99 million Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 Index increased to $46.94 million from $43.77 million
Changes in the Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular annual index review using the free-float market capitalization and trading volume for components as of February 29, 2008. The changes will be effective at the start of trading on Monday, March 24, 2008.
The review is based on a methodology that considers free-float market capitalization and liquidity. The detailed methodology for the Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes can be found in the respective rulebook, accessible on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at http://www.djindexes.com
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