Sep. 10, 2010 (Canada NewsWire Group) --
TORONTO, Sept. 10 /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, September 20, 2010:
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S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX
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ADDITIONS
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Live Composite GICS
Issue Name Symbol 60/Completion Sector Index
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Allied Properties REIT AP.UN Completion Income Trust, Real Estate,
REIT
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Anatolia Minerals
Development Limited ANO Completion Materials
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Artis REIT AX.UN Completion Income Trust, Real Estate,
REIT
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Calfrac Well Services
Ltd. CFW Completion Energy
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Colossus Minerals Inc. CSI Completion Materials
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Genworth MI Canada Inc. MIC Completion Financials
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Guyana Goldfields Inc. GUY Completion Materials
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Nevsun Resources Ltd. NSU Completion Materials
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OceanaGold Corporation OGC Completion Materials
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DELETIONS
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Live Composite GICS
Issue Name Symbol 60/Completion Sector Index
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Sears Canada Inc. SCC 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 MINING INDEX - SEPTEMBER 2010 - QUARTERLY REVIEW
ADDITIONS
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Issue Name Symbol Exchange
Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. GSM NASDAQ
S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS INDEX - SEPTEMBER 2010 - QUARTERLY REVIEW
ADDITIONS
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Issue Name Symbol Exchange
Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. GSM NASDAQ
Imperial Metals Corporation III TSX
S&P/TSX CLEAN TECHNOLOGY INDEX - SEPTEMBER 2010 - ANNUAL REVIEW
ADDITIONS
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Issue Name Symbol Exchange
5N Plus Inc. VNP TSX
Capital Power Income L.P. CPA.UN TSX
Magma Energy Corp. MXY TSX
Tembec Inc. TMB TSX
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Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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Tony North, (416) 507-3204, sp_index@standardandpoors.com; Dave Guarino, 1 212 438 1471, Dave_guarino@standardandpoors.com
