NEW YORK, March 2, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular annual review of the Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes.
Effective March 20, the 24 changes listed below will occur in the following 13 Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes: Dow Jones Australia Titans 30, Dow Jones Brazil Titans 20 ADR, Dow Jones Canada Titans 40, Dow Jones France Titans 30, Dow Jones Germany Titans 30,Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30, Dow Jones Italy Titans 30, Dow Jones Japan Titans 100, Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50, Dow Jones Rusindex Titans 10, Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30, Dow Jones Sweden Titans 30, and Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20.
No changes are being made in the following Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes: Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30, Dow Jones Spain Titans 30 and Dow Jones Switzerland Titans 30.
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Dow Jones CSL Ltd. Amcor Ltd.
Australia Australian Gas Qantas Airways Ltd.
Titans 30 Light Co.
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Dow Jones GOL Linhas Aereas Tele Centro Oeste Celular
Brazil Inteligentes S.A. ADS Participacoes S/A A
Titans TIM Participacoes S/A ADS Embratel Participacoes
20 ADR S/A ADS
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Dow Jones Goldcorp Inc. Bombardier Inc. Cl B SV
Canada
Titans 40
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Dow Jones Pernod Ricard S.A. Thomson
France
Titans 30
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Dow Jones MAN AG Altana AG
Germany Hypo Real Estate Holding AG Bayerische Hypo-
Titans 30 und Vereinsbank AG
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Dow Jones Foxconn International Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. Airways Ltd.
Titans 30 China Netcom Group Corp. Johnson Electric
(Hong Kong) Ltd. Holdings Ltd.
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Dow Jones Banca Popolare Italiana Seat-Pagine Gialle S.p.A.
Italy
Titans 30
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Dow Jones Kobe Steel Ltd. Toppan Printing Co. Ltd.
Japan Shinsei Bank Ltd. Nikon Corp.
Titans 100 Sumitomo Metal Mining Olympus Corp.
Co. Ltd. Acom Co. Ltd.
Toray Industries Inc. Seiko Epson Corp.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
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Dow Jones Xstrata PLC J Sainsbury PLC
U.K. Titans Old Mutual PLC Boots Group PLC
30
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Dow Jones Severstal JSC Mosenergo JSC
Rusindex
Titans 10
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Dow Jones Foschini Ltd. Nampak Ltd.
South Africa
Titans 30
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Dow Jones Lundin Petroleum AB Industrivarden AB Series
Sweden
Titans 30
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Dow Jones Petkim Petrokimya Ulker Gida Sanayi ve
Turkey Holding A.S. Ticaret A.S.
Titans 20 Migros Turk T.A.S. Ford Otomotiv Sanayii A.S.
IS Gayrimenkul Yatirim Vestel Elektronik Sanayi
Ortakligi A.S. Ve Ticaret A.S.
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The weighted free-float market capitalization in $US of the reconstituted Dow Jones Country Titans as of February 28, 2006:
Dow Jones Australia Titans 30 increased from $449.32 billion to $455.34 billion
Dow Jones Brazil Titans 20 ADR increased from $128.80 billion to $131.22 billion
Dow Jones Canada Titans 40 increased from $718.86 billion to $723.82 billion
Dow Jones France Titans 30 increased from $906.91 billion to $915.40 billion
Dow Jones Germany Titans 30 increased from $731.64 billion to $744.06 billion
Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30 increased from $190.15 billion to $192.48 billion
Dow Jones Italy Titans 30 increased from $422.48 billion to $425.79 billion
Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 increased from $2178.65 billion to $2191.70 billion
Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 increased from $2125.88 billion to $2138.94 billion
Dow Jones Rusindex Titans 10 increased from $7.46 billion to $7.47 billion
Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30 increased from $166.03 billion to $166.51billion
Dow Jones Sweden Titans 30 decreased from $253.65 billion to $252.49 billion
Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 increased from $56.85 billion to $57.28 billion
Changes in the Dow Jones 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, 2006. The changes will be effective at the start of trading on Monday, March 20, 2006.
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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