NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index. The changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, September 24, 2007.
Osaka Securities Exchange Co. Ltd. (Japan, 8697.HS) will be added to the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index, which brings the total number of components to 22.
The current 21 components are Australian Stock Exchange Limited (Australia, ASX.AU), Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (Spain, BME.MC), Bourse de Montreal Inco. (Canada, MXX.T), Bursa Malaysia Bhd (Malaysia, 1818.KU), CME Group Inc. Cl A (United States, CME), Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany, DB1.XE), Dubai Financial Market (United Arab Emirates, DFM.A), Hellenic Exchanges Holdings S.A. (Greece, EXAE.AT), Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (Hong Kong, 0388.HK), IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (United States, ICE), International Securities Exchange Holdings Inc. (United States, ISE), JSE Limited (South Africa, JSE.JO), London Stock Exchange Group PLC (United Kingdom, LSE.LN), Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. (United States, NDAQ), New Zealand Exchange Limited (New Zealand, NZX.NZ), Nymex Holdings Inc. (United States, NMX), NYSE EURONEXT (United States, NYX), OMX AB (Sweden, OMX.SK), Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (Philippines, PSE.PH), Singapore Exchange Limited (Singapore, S68.SG) and TSX Group Inc. (Canada, X.T).
As of August 31, 2007, the index is up 20.63% year to date and the float-adjusted market capitalization is US$133 billion.
As of August 31, 2007, the float-adjusted market capitalization of the added component, Osaka Securities Exchange Co. Ltd is US$965 million.
The Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index measures the performance of all publicly traded stock exchanges and trading floors. The index is reviewed on a quarterly basis and is calculated in both price and total return.
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Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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