NEW YORK, March 3, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dow Jones Indexes today announced the results of the regular annual review of the Dow Jones Country Titans indexes.
Effective March 21, the 24 changes listed below are being made in the following eight Dow Jones Country Titans: Dow Jones Canada Titans 40, Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30, Dow Jones Italy Titans 30, Dow Jones Japan Titans 100, Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30, Dow Jones Spain Titans 30, Dow Jones Switzerland Titans 30, and Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20.
No changes are being made in the following seven Dow Jones Country Titans: Dow Jones Australia Titans 30, Dow Jones France Titans 30, Dow Jones Germany Titans 30, Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30, Dow Jones RusIndex Titans 10, Dow Jones Sweden Titans 30, and Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 indexes.
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Dow Jones Canada Cameco Corp.
Titans 40 Celestica Inc.
Teck Cominco Ltd. Cl B Shaw Communications
Inc. Cl B NV
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. Biovail Corp.
TELUS Corp. Abitibi-Consolidated
Inc.
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Dow Jones Hong Semiconductor Manufacturing
Kong Titans 30 International Cor Television
TechTronic Industries Broadcasts Ltd.
Co. Ltd. Lenovo Group Ltd.
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Dow Jones Italy
Titans 30 TERNA S.p.A. Banca Fideuram
S.p.A.
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Dow Jones Japan Sumitomo Metal Tohoku Electric
Titans 100 Industries Ltd. Power Co. Inc.
Mitsui O.S.K. Daiichi
Lines Ltd. Pharmaceutical Co.
Bank of Yokohama Ltd. Ltd.
Japan Tobacco Inc. Sekisui House Ltd.
Sumitomo Realty & NTT Data Corp.
Development Co. Ltd. Marui Co. Ltd.
Mitsui Trust Pioneer Corp.
Holdings Inc. Shiseido Co. Ltd.
T&D Holdings Inc. Nippon Express Co.
Rakuten Inc. Ltd.
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Dow Jones South Massmart Holdings Ltd. AVI Ltd.
Africa Titans 30
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Dow Jones Spain Banco de Zeltia S.A.
Titans 30 Sabadell S.A.
Cintra Concesiones Compania Espanola
de Infraestructuras de Petroleos S.A.
de Tra
Gestevision Telecinco S.A. NH Hoteles
Red Electrica de Terra Networks S.A.
Espana S.A.
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Dow Jones Actelion Ltd. Kudelski S.A.
Switzerland Unaxis Holding AG BB Biotech AG
Titans 30
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Dow Jones Turkey Finansbank A.S
Titans 20 Migros Turk T.A.S.
Ulker Gida Sanayi Hurriyet Gazetecilik
Espana S.A. Ve Matbaacilik
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The weighted free float market capitalization in $US of the reconstituted Dow Jones Country Titans as of February 28, 2005:
Dow Jones Canada Titans 40 increased from $515.04 billion to $533.46 billion
Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30 increased from $165.79 billion to $168.88 billion
Dow Jones Italy Titans 30 increased from $372.10 billion to $373.58 billion
Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 increased from $1581.16 billion to $1600.42 billion
Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30 increased from $129.82 billion to $130.52 billion
Dow Jones Spain Titans 30 increased from $380.38 billion to $388.25 billion
Dow Jones Switzerland Titans 30 increased from $638.37 billion to $639.41 billion
Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 increased from $33.07 billion to $33.40 billion
Changes in the Country Titans are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular annual component review using the free float market capitalization and trading volume for components as of February 28, 2005. The changes will be effective at the start of trading on Monday, March 21, 2005.
The review is based on a methodology that considers free-float market capitalization and liquidity. The detailed methodology for each index is published in the indexes' rulebooks, accessible on the Dow Jones Indexes web site at http://www.djindexes.com
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