NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2006 (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 at the start of trading on Monday, December 18, 2006.
NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (United States) (NYSE:NMX) will be added to the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index, which brings the total number of components to 21.
The current 20 components are Australian Stock Exchange Limited (Australia), Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (Spain), Bursa Malaysia Bhd (Malaysia), CBOT Holdings Inc. Cl A (United States), Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Incorporated Cl (United States), Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany), Euronext N.V. (France), Hellenic Exchanges Holdings S.A. (Greece), Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited (Hong Kong), IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (United States), International Securities Exchange Holdings Inc. (United States), JSE Limited (South Africa), London Stock Exchange Group PLC (United Kingdom), Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (United States), New Zealand Exchange Limited (New Zealand), NYSE Group, Inc. (United States), OMX AB (Sweden), Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (Philippines), Singapore Exchange Limited (Singapore) and TSX Group Inc.(Canada).
As of November 30, 2006, the index is up 71.47% and the float-adjusted market capitalization is USD $97.56 billion.
As of November 30, 2006, the free-float market capitalization of the added component, NYMEX Holdings Inc. is USD $741,186,487.
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.
Further information on the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.
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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