Component Change Made to Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index
Posted on: Thursday, 26 January 2006, 18:00 CST
NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced a component change in the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index.
Hudson United Bancorp (NYSE:HU) will be deleted from the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index and replaced by Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE:PIR). Hudson United Bancorp is being removed due to its acquisition by TD Banknorth Inc. Corporation.
The changes in the U.S. Dow Jones Select Dividend Index will be effective as of the opening of trading on Wednesday, February 1, 2006.
The Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index includes 100 stocks derived from the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index, a broad-market benchmark index that represents approximately 95% of U.S. market capitalization.
Further information as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at http://www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes. In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ) (dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva and with Hearst of SmartMoney. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.
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