NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the quarterly reranking of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index(sm) (Nasdaq:NXTQ), which will become effective with the market open on Monday, December 22, 2008.
The following twenty-one securities will be added to the Index: ASML Holding N.V. (Nasdaq:ASML), Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML), Immucor, Inc. (Nasdaq:BLUD), Discovery Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:DISCK), LM Ericsson Telephone Company (Nasdaq:ERIC), F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV), Leap Wireless International, Inc. (Nasdaq:LEAP), Lincare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:LNCR), Landstar System, Inc. (Nasdaq:LSTR), Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), National Instruments Corporation (Nasdaq:NATI), PetSmart, Inc. (Nasdaq:PETM), Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLCM), Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PSYS), Shire plc (Nasdaq:SHPGY), Sina Corporation (Nasdaq:SINA), Silgan Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:SLGN), SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK), UAL Corporation (Nasdaq:UAUA), United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq:UTHR) and Virgin Media Inc. (Nasdaq:VMED).
The Index is designed to track the performance of the 50 securities that are next in line to replace the securities currently included in the NASDAQ-100 Index. The NASDAQ Q-50 Index is reranked on a quarterly basis. For more information about the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit www.NASDAQ.com.
As a result of the evaluation, the following twenty securities will be removed from the Index: Central European Distribution Corporation (Nasdaq:CEDC), Century Aluminum Company (Nasdaq:CENX), Century European Media Enterprises Ltd. (Nasdaq:CETV), Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR), CTC Media, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTCM), DryShips Inc. (Nasdaq:DRYS), Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENER), First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR), Illumina, Inc. (Nasdaq:ILMN), Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL), Itron, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITRI), J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:JBHT), Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq:LIFE), O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (Nasdaq:ORLY), Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (Nasdaq:PPDI), Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq:ROST), Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq:SGMS), SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq:SPWRA), Urban Outfitters, Inc. (Nasdaq:URBN) and Warner Chilcott Limited (Nasdaq:WCRX).
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with over 3,900 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; the OMX Nordic Exchange, including First North; and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs. NASDAQ OMX Group technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX Group exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.
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