Three New Commodity Stocks Added: One Stock Deleted from Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB In-The-Ground Global Commodity Index in Quarterly Rebalancing

Published on Thursday, 09 September 2010 03:11 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB In-The-Ground Global Commodity Index (TICKER: CRBQX) will add three new components, effective 6:00 PM (EDT) Sunday, September 19, 2010.  One stock will be deleted from the index, changing the number of index components to 150.

The additions to CRBQX are: Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (TICKER: FMG AU); Inpex Corp (TICKER: 1605 JP); Royal Gold Inc (TICKER: RGLD US).

The deletion from CRBQX is: Aluminum Corp of China (TICKER: ACH US).

These additions and deletions affect three CRB-EQ sub-indexes:

CRBEX (Energy) added Inpex Corporation (TICKER: 1605 JP).

CRBIX (Base & Industrial Metals) deleted Aluminum Corp of China (TICKER: ACH US) and added Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (TICKER: FMG AU).

CRBGX (Precious Metals) added Royal Gold Inc (TICKER: RGLD US).

Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Wildcatters Energy E&P Equity Index (TICKER: WCATI) will add two new components, effective 6:00 PM (EDT) Sunday, September 19, 2010.  Five stocks will be deleted from the index, changing the number of index components to 61.

The additions to WCATI are: Chinook Energy Inc (TICKER: CKE CN); Energy XXI Bermuda Ltd (TICKER: EXXI US).

The deletions from WCATI are: Anderson Energy Ltd (TICKER: AXL CN); Compton Petroleum Corp (TICKER: CMT CN); Endeavour International Corp (TICKER: END US); GMX Resources Inc (TICKER: GMXR US); Ivanhoe Energy Inc (TICKER: IE CN).

A complete list of constituents and weights will be posted on the Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Equity Indexes family website (http://www.crbequityindexes.com/indexdata-form.php) as of the effective date.

The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB In-The-Ground Global Commodity Equity Index (TICKER: CRBQX) is an equity index designed to serve as a benchmark for globally traded stocks that are principally engaged in the production and distribution of commodities, including energy, metals and agricultural products.

Detailed information on the CRBQX and WCATI is available at http://www.crbequityindexes.com/ and most vendors of financial data.

SOURCE Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB In-The-Ground Global Commodity Index