TORONTO, Dec. 8 /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 18, 2006:
S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX
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ADDS
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Issue Name Symbol 60/MidCap/SmallCap Live Composite GICS
Sector Index
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Blue Pearl Mining Materials, Div.
Ltd. BLE SmallCap Metals &Mining
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Dundee REIT D.UN SmallCap Income Trust, Real
Estate, REIT
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Equinox Minerals Materials, Div.
Limited EQN SmallCap Metals & Mining
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Galleon Energy Inc. GO.A SmallCap Energy
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Northgate Minerals
Corporation NGX SmallCap Materials
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Silvercorp Metals
Inc. SVM SmallCap Materials
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Synenco Energy Inc. SYN SmallCap Energy
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DELETES
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Issue Name Symbol 60/MidCap/SmallCap Live Composite GICS
Sector Index
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Rider Resources Ltd. RRZ SmallCap Energy
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Southwestern
Resources Corp. SWG SmallCap Materials
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TLC Vision
Corporation TLC SmallCap Health Care
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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) index.
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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