ZURICH, Switzerland, July 3, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- STOXX Ltd., the leading European index provider, today announced a component change in the Dow Jones STOXX Football Index.
NEWCASTLE UNITED (Travel & Leisure; LSE, NCU.LN) is being deleted from the Dow Jones STOXX Football Index due to its takeover by ST.JAMES HOLDINGS LTD, an unlisted company. The deletion will be effective with the open of trading on Friday July 6.
Further information as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones STOXX indexes can be found on the STOXX Indexes Web site at http://www.stoxx.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones STOXX indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to PR-Indexes@dowjones.com or contact Dow Jones Indexes/STOXX press office:
New York: +1-212-597-5720 Frankfurt: +49-69-29725-290
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