NEW YORK, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P 500
constituents Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE:LLY), Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
(NYSE:APC), eBay Inc. (NASD:EBAY), Simon Property Group, Inc.
(NYSE:SPG), Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) and Starbucks Corp.
(NASD:SBUX) will replace S&P 500 constituents Entergy Corp.
(NYSE:ETR), Xerox Corp. (NYSE:XRX), Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE:WY),
Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE:AA), Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP) and Sprint
Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S) respectively in the S&P 100 index after
the close of trading on Friday, March
16. All companies being removed from the S&P 100 index
will remain in the S&P 500 index. All companies being added to
the S&P 100 index are more representative of the U.S. mega-cap
equity space.
Eli Lilly is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.
Anadarko Petroleum is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.
eBay is headquartered in San Jose,
CA.
Simon Property Group is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.
Accenture is headquartered in Dublin,
Ireland.
Starbucks is headquartered in Seattle,
WA
Following is a summary of the changes:
S&P
100 INDEX – March 16, 2012
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|
COMPANY
|
GICS
ECONOMIC SECTOR
|
GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
|
ADDED
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Eli
Lilly
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Health
Care
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Pharmaceuticals
|
|
Anadarko
Petroleum
|
Energy
|
Oil &
Gas Exploration & Production
|
|
eBay
|
Information Technology
|
Internet
Software & Services
|
|
Simon
Property Group
|
Financials
|
Retail
REITs
|
|
Accenture
|
Information Technology
|
IT
Consulting & Other Services
|
|
Starbucks
|
Consumer
Discretionary
|
Restaurants
|
DELETED
|
Entergy
|
Utilities
|
Electric
Utilities
|
|
Xerox
|
Information Technology
|
Office
Electronics
|
|
Weyerhaeuser
|
Financials
|
Specialized REITs
|
|
Alcoa
|
Materials
|
Aluminum
|
|
Avon
Products
|
Consumer
Staples
|
Personal
Products
|
|
Sprint
Nextel
|
Telecommunication Services
|
Wireless
Telecommunication Services
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