Component Changes Made to Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index

Published on Thursday, 02 September 2010 16:58 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index. The changes will be effective as of the close of trading on Friday, September 17, 2010.

CBOE Holdings Inc. (United States, CBOE) will be added to the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index, which brings the total number of components to 23.

The current 22 components are ASX Limited (Australia, ASX.AU), BM&F Bovespa S.A. Bolsa de Valores Mercadorias e Futuros (Brazil, BVMF3.BR), Bolsa de Valores de Colombia S.A. (Colombia,BVC.BO), Bolsa de Valores de Lima S.A. (Peru, BVLAC1.VL), Bolsa Mexicana de Valores S.A.B. de C.V. Series A (Mexico, BOLSA.MX), Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles S.A. (Spain, BME.MC), Bursa Malaysia Bhd (Malaysia, 1818.KU), CME Group Inc. Cl A (United States, CME), Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany, DB1.XE), Dubai Financial Market PJSC (United Arab Emirates, DFM.A), Hellenic Exchanges Holdings S.A. (Greece, EXAE.AT), Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (Hong Kong, 0388.HK), IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (United States, ICE), JSE Limited (South Africa, JSE.JO), London Stock Exchange Group PLC (United Kingdom, LSE.LN), NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (United States, NDAQ), NZX Limited (New Zealand, NZX.NZ), NYSE EURONEXT (United States, NYX), Osaka Securities Exchange Co. Ltd. (Japan, 8697.HQ), Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (Philippines, PSE.PH), Singapore Exchange Limited (Singapore, S68.SG) and TMX Group Inc. (Canada, X.T).

As of September 1, 2010, the float-adjusted market capitalization of the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index is US$98.94 billion and the float-adjusted market capitalization for the added component CBOE Holdings Inc. is US$253.0 million.

The Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index measures the performance of all publicly traded stock exchanges and trading floors. The index is reviewed on a quarterly basis and is calculated in both price and total return.

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Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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