NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dow Jones Indexes today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index.
Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM) will replace Gillette Co. (G) in the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index. Google Inc. CI A (GOOG) will replace Gillette Co. (G) in the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index.
Gillette Co. (G) is being deleted from the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index due to its acquisition by Procter & Gamble Co. (PG).
The changes in the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 and the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 indexes will be effective at the start of trading Monday, October 3, 2005.
Further information on the Dow Jones Sector Titans and the Dow Jones Islamic Market indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index as well as their respective broad market indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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