BEIJING, June 12, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dow Jones Indexes today announced changes in the composition of the Dow Jones China Index Series (Dow-China Indexes). The component changes in the Dow Jones China Total Market (Dow-China Total Market), Dow Jones Shanghai (Dow-Shanghai), Dow Jones Shenzhen (Dow-Shenzhen) Index, and Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index will be effective on June 19, 2006.
In the Dow-China Total Market Index 9 companies were added and 20 companies were deleted. That brings the number of components in the Dow-China Total Market Index to 1130 from 1141 components, including 1062 A-shares and 68 B-shares. The number of components in the Dow-Shanghai Index will increase to 701 from 700, with 7 additions and 6 deletions, and the number of components in the Dow-Shenzhen Index will decrease to 429 from 441, with 2 additions and 14 deletions. The Dow-Shanghai Index represents roughly 95% of the free float market capitalization of Shanghai market, and the Dow-Shenzhen index represents roughly 95% of the free float market capitalization of Shenzhen market. The Dow-China Total Market Index reflects roughly 95% percent of the free float market capitalization for both the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets.
Also effective on June 19, 2006, 26 components will be replaced in the Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index. The Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index reflects roughly 80% of China's total free float market capitalization.
Changes are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular quarterly component review.
Dow Jones Indexes also completed the regular semiannual review for the Dow Jones CBN China 600 Sector Blue-Chip Indexes, which were launched on September 8, 2005 as subsets of the Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index.
Aimed at providing investors in China and around the world with an accurate tool for tracking equity performance in China's growing stock markets, the Dow-China Indexes are constructed with the same strict standards used to develop the Dow Jones Global Indexes.
Float-adjusted shares, which exclude all state-owned shares and unlisted employee shares, are used for stock selection and index calculation, in order to provide an accurate representation of the shares that are actually available to investors for trading. Dow Jones Indexes excludes block holdings of individuals, other companies or governments that exceed 5% of total market value in calculating free-float for selection of component stocks.
The Dow-China 88, Dow-China Total Market, Dow-Shanghai and Dow-Shenzhen were launched May 27, 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the world's most widely reported market indicator, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was launched in 1896. All four indexes in the Dow-China Index series have a base value of 100 on Dec. 31, 1993.
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The methodology, as well as a full list of components including weightings and values of the Dow Jones China Indexes, is available at http://chinaindex.dowjones.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones China Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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