NEW YORK, March 19, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced a component addition to the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index. The index measures the performance of the companies that are official partners, sponsors and suppliers of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Visa Inc. (U.S., Financial Services, V) will be added to the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Indexes following its IPO on NYSE. The company is an official partner of the 2008 Olympic Games and started trading on March 19.
The addition to the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, March 24, 2008.
Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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