ZURICH, Switzerland, April 15, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- STOXX Ltd., the leading European index provider, today announced changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Nordic Select Dividend 20 Index.
Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank (Iceland, Banks, STRB.IC) will be deleted from the Dow Jones STOXX Nordic Select Dividend 20 Index and replaced by Svenska Handelsbanken A (Sweden, Bank, SHB-B.SK). Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank is being removed due to the cancellation of its dividend payment.
The changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Nordic Select Dividend 20 Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Friday, April 18, 2008.
Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Indexes, can be found on the STOXX Limited Web site at http://www.stoxx.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones STOXX indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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