NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today launched the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index. The new index measures the performance of the companies that are official partners, sponsors and suppliers of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
"The new Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index is the first index that measures the performance of companies linked to the Olympic Games in 2008, and it is the only index dedicated to this event," said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes. "The index tracks the performance of those companies that are partnering with one of the most famous sports events worldwide. We believe this innovative and unique market indicator will be an interesting bridge between the world of sports and the investment community through the measurement of well-known corporations from the U.S., Europe and Asia."
The index universe of the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index is defined as all of the publicly traded companies which are stated as official partners, sponsors and suppliers of the 2008 Olympic Games by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG). Each company's weight in the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index is ranked according to its float-adjusted market capitalization. The weight of individual components in the index is capped at 10% in order to prevent the index from being dominated by a single stock. The index comprises currently 33 companies, which represent some of the world's leading firms. The individual listing of sponsors can be found at http://en.beijing2008.cn/bocog/sponsors/sponsors/.
The Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index is reviewed quarterly in March, June, September and December. Both price and total return indexes are calculated in U.S. dollar. Daily historical index values are available back to December 31, 2006, with a base value set at 100.
As of December 5, 2007, the year to date performance of the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index is 31.93%.
For further information on the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index, please visit www.djindexes.com.
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