NEW YORK, June 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow
Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P 100,
S&P 500 and S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the open of
trading on Thursday, June 7:
- Netflix Inc. (NASD: NFLX) will replace Monsanto Company (NYSE:
MON) in the S&P 100, and Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) will replace
Monsanto in the S&P 500. Bayer Aktiengesellschaft is acquiring
Monsanto in a deal expected to be completed soon pending final
conditions.
- REGENXBIO Inc. (NASD: RGNX) will replace General Cable Corp.
(NYSE: BGC) in the S&P SmallCap 600. Prysmian Group is
acquiring General Cable in a deal expected to be completed soon
pending final conditions.
Netflix, headquartered in Los Gatos,
CA, engages in the Internet delivery of television shows and
movies.
Twitter operates as a platform for public self-expression and
conversation in real time. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, the company will be added
to the S&P 500 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard)
Internet Software & Services Sub-Industry index.
REGENXBIO is a clinical-stage biotechnology company.
Headquartered in Rockville, MD,
the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS
Biotechnology Sub-Industry index.
Following is a summary of the changes:
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S&P 100 INDEX
– JUNE 7, 2018
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|
COMPANY
|
GICS ECONOMIC
SECTOR
|
GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
|
|
ADDED
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Netflix
|
Consumer
Discretionary
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Internet & Direct
Marketing
Retail
|
|
DELETED
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Monsanto
|
Materials
|
Fertilizers &
Agricultural
Chemicals
|
|
S&P MIDCAP 500
INDEX – JUNE 7, 2018
|
|
COMPANY
|
GICS ECONOMIC
SECTOR
|
GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
|
|
ADDED
|
Twitter
|
Information
Technology
|
Internet Software
& Services
|
|
DELETED
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Monsanto
|
Materials
|
Fertilizers &
Agricultural
Chemicals
|
|
S&P SMALLCAP
600 INDEX – JUNE 7, 2018
|
|
COMPANY
|
GICS ECONOMIC
SECTOR
|
GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
|
|
ADDED
|
REGENXBIO
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Health
Care
|
Biotechnology
|
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DELETED
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General
Cable
|
Industrial
|
Electrical Components
&
Equipment
|
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