ZURICH, Switzerland, Jan. 2, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced a component change in the Dow Jones STOXX Football Index.
SHEFFIELD UNITED (Travel & Leisure; LSE, SUT.LN) is being deleted from the Dow Jones STOXX Football Index due to its delisting from the London Stock Exchange.
The deletion will be effective as of the opening of trading on Wednesday, January 7, 2009.
Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones STOXX Football Index, can be found on the STOXX Web site at http://www.stoxx.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones STOXX Football Index 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.
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