NEW YORK, March 8, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced a change in the composition of the Dow Jones Australia LPT Index.
Effective with the open of markets on Monday, March 20, Galileo Shopping America Trust will be added to the Dow Jones Australia LPT Index.
This change will bring the number of components in the Dow Jones Australia LPT Index from 15 to 16: Centro Properties Group, Westfield Group, Commonwealth Property Office Fund, Mirvac Group Ltd., ING Office Fund, Macquarie CountryWide Trust, CFS Gandel Retail Trust, GPT Group, ING Industrial Fund, DB RREEF Trust, Macquarie Office Trust, Multiplex Group Ltd., Stockland, Macquarie Goodman Group, Investa Property Group and Galileo Shopping America.
The Dow Jones Australia LPT Index tracks the performance of the Listed Property Trust (LPT) securities traded on the Australian Stock Exchange. The index represents 90% of the float-adjusted market capitalization of the Australian LPT investable universe.
Further information, including the component weightings, values, and methodology of the Dow Jones Australian LPT Index is available on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site: http://www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Australia LPT Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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