TORONTO, June 12 /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, June 22, 2009:
S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX
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ADDITIONS
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Live Composite
Issue Name Symbol 60/Completion GICS Sector Index
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Detour Gold Corporation DGC Completion Materials
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Great Basin Gold Ltd. GBG Completion Materials
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DELETIONS
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Live Composite
Issue Name Symbol 60/Completion GICS Sector Index
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Highpine Oil & Gas Limited HPX Completion Energy
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Torstar Corporation TS.B Completion Consumer
Discretionary
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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) sector index.
S&P/TSX GLOBAL GOLD INDEX - JUNE 2009 - QUARTERLY REVIEW
ADDITIONS
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Issue Name Symbol Exchange
Allied Nevada Gold Corp. ANV TSX
Centamin Egypt Limited CEE TSX
DRDGold Ltd. DROOY NASDAQ
SEMAFO Inc. SMF TSX
S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX - JUNE 2009 - QUARTERLY REVIEW
ADDITIONS
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Issue Name Symbol Exchange
Allied Nevada Gold Corp. ANV TSX
Centamin Egypt Limited CEE TSX
Corriente Resources Inc. CTQ TSX
DRDGold Ltd. DROOY NASDAQ
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. NDM TSX
SEMAFO Inc. SMF TSX
DELETIONS
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Issue Name Symbol Exchange
Mechel OAO ADR MTL NYSE
S&P/TSX CANADIAN DIVIDEND ARISTOCRATS INDEX
JUNE 2009 - SPECIAL REVIEW
DELETIONS
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Issue Name Symbol
Brookfield Properties Corp. BPO
Guardian Capital Group Limited GCG.A
H&R REIT HR.UN
ADDITIONS
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Issue Name Symbol
Allied Properties REIT AP.UN
Astral Media Inc. ACM.A
Boardwalk REIT BEI.UN
Cameco Corporation CCO
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. CP
Canadian REIT (CREIT) REF.UN
Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd. CTC.A
CML Healthcare Income Fund CLC.UN
Cogeco Cable Inc. CCA
Corus Entertainment Inc. CJR.B
Davis & Henderson Income Fund DHF.UN
EnCana Corporation ECA
Intact Financial Corporation IFC
Keyera Facilities Income Fund KEY.UN
Methanex Corporation MX
Northern Property REIT NPR.UN
Parkland Income Fund PKI.UN
Pason Systems Inc. PSI
Primaris Retail REIT PMZ.UN
Reitman's (Canada) Ltd. RET.A
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated RBA
Shaw Communications Inc. SJR.B
ShawCor Ltd. SCL.A
Sherritt International Corporation S
Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation SC
Talisman Energy Inc. TLM
Telus Corporation T
Uni-Select Inc. UNS
Yellow Pages Income Fund YLO.UN
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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