S&P Announces Changes to US Indices: SUG for CAR, GEO for SUG, MANT for MEG, AXYS for MANT, CPLA for PLAB, HITT for SRZ, IWOV for CPY, OIS for SCSS

November 19, 2008 5:22 PM EST

S&P SmallCap 600 constituent Southern Union Co. (NYSE: SUG) will replace Avis Budget Group Inc. (NYSE: CAR) in the S&P MidCap 400, and The GEO Group Inc. (NYSE: GEO) will replace Southern Union in the S&P SmallCap 600. S&P SmallCap 600 constituent ManTech International Corp. (NASDAQ: MANT) will replace Media General Inc. (NYSE: MEG) in the S&P MidCap 400, and Axsys Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AXYS) will replace ManTech International in the S&P SmallCap 600. As of today’s close, Avis Budget Group and Media General had market capitalizations of approximately $50 million and $68 million respectively, ranking them 400th and 399th in the index.

Capella Education Co. (NASDAQ: CPLA) will replace Photronics Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAB), Hittite Microwave Corp. (NASDAQ: HITT) will replace Sunrise Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: SRZ), Interwoven Inc. (NASDAQ: IWOV) will replace CPI Corp. (NYSE: CPY), and Oil States International Inc. (NYSE: OIS) will replace Select Comfort Corp.(NASDAQ: SCSS) in the S&P SmallCap 600. As of today’s close, Photronics, Sunrise Senior Living, CPI and Select Comfort all had market capitalizations below $25 million, whereas the minimum market capitalization needed for admission to the S&P SmallCap 600 index is currently $250 million.


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AXYS 49.41

+0.54 +1.10%
Volume: 81,485
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CAR 1.03

+0.06 +6.19%
Volume: 813,092
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CPLA 55.54

+0.31 +0.56%
Volume: 53,649
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CPY 4.46

-0.34 -7.08%
Volume: 45,042
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GEO 18.14

-0.41 -2.21%
Volume: 184,845
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HITT 28.03

-0.46 -1.61%
Volume: 213,228
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IWOV 12.61

+0.22 +1.78%
Volume: 171,482
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MANT 55.08

+0.18 +0.33%
Volume: 75,592
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MEG 3.12

-0.17 -5.17%
Volume: 154,219
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OIS 20.66

-0.07 -0.34%
Volume: 238,095
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PLAB 1.55

-0.05 -3.13%
Volume: 259,526
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SCSS 0.35

+0.02 +6.06%
Volume: 58,618
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SRZ 1.69

+0.01 +0.60%
Volume: 628,663
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SUG 13.62

+0.15 +1.11%
Volume: 822,776
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