NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones Australia LPT Index.
No component changes will be made to the Dow Jones Australia LPT Index. There will be no deletions or additions to the index as a result of this regular quarterly review.
Current components in the Dow Jones Australia LPT Index are Centro Properties Group, CFS Retail Property Trust, Commonwealth Property Office Fund, DB RREEF Trust, Galileo Shopping America Trust, GPT Group, ING Industrial Fund, ING Office Fund, Investa Property Group, Macquarie CountryWide Trust, Macquarie DDR Trust, Macquarie Goodman Group, Macquarie Office Trust, Mirvac Group Ltd., Multiplex Group Ltd., Stockland and Westfield Group.
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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