Standard & Poor’s announces changes to S&P 100, S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices widening the range of companies engaged in the transactions.
Stericycle providing services for health care companies will be added to the S&P 500 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Environmental & Facilities Services Sub-Industry index.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, company engaged in life science production, will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS Life Sciences Tools & Services Sub-Industry index. The company will replace Invitrogen Corp.
Headquartered in Carlsbad, CA, Life Technologies will be added to the S&P 500 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Life Sciences Tools & Services Sub-Industry index. The company will replace Applied Biosystems.
Flowers Foods with the main arrangements in retail and foodservice will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS Packaged Foods & Meats Sub-Industry index.
Experiencing nuts distribution Diamond Foods will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Packaged Foods & Meats Sub-Industry index. The company will replace Flowers Foods.
Wyeth specialized in pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare, and animal health products will replace Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. in the S&P 100, S&P MidCap 400 constituent Stericycle Inc.
Additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies concerned.
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