Quarterly Changes to the NXTQ Index
December 15 2014 - 7:20AM
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the
results of the quarterly re-ranking of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index
(Nasdaq:NXTQ), which will become effective prior to market open on
Monday, December 22, 2014.
The following eleven companies will be added to the Index:
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALNY), Expedia, Inc.
(Nasdaq:EXPE), F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV), JD.com, Inc.
(Nasdaq:JD), MercadoLibre, Inc. (Nasdaq:MELI), Maxim Integrated
Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:MXIM), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
(Nasdaq:ODFL), Shire plc (Nasdaq:SHPG), Splunk Inc. (Nasdaq:SPLK),
Stratasys, Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSYS) and United Therapeutics Corporation
(Nasdaq:UTHR).
As a result of the revision in the NASDAQ-100 (NDX) index
methodology allowing multiple share classes of index participants
to be included in the index, the following security will also be
added to the index: News Corporation (Nasdaq:NWS)
NASDAQ Q-50 Index is a market-capitalization weighted index
designed to track the performance of companies that are
next-eligible for inclusion into the NASDAQ-100 IndexSM. The Index
is comprised of 50 securities ranked by market capitalization and
reflects companies across major industry groups including computer
hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade,
and biotechnology. It does not contain securities of financial
companies including banking and investment companies, as these are
ineligible for NASDAQ-100 Index inclusion.
As a result of the re-ranking, the following eleven companies
will be removed from the Index: American Airlines Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq:AAL), Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAR), Cree, Inc.
(Nasdaq:CREE), Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq:EA), First Solar, Inc.
(Nasdaq:FSLR), Golar LNG Limited (Nasdaq:GLNG), Lam Research
Corporation (Nasdaq:LRCX), Methanex Corporation (Nasdaq:MEOH),
Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq:MPEL), Nuance
Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:NUAN) and SolarCity Corporation
(Nasdaq:SCTY).
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