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 54.01

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 165,892
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CAR 11.28

+0.67 +6.31%
Volume: 1,127,093
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CPLA 71.65

+0.74 +1.04%
Volume: 10,257
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CPY 12.07

+0.17 +1.43%
Volume: 4,950
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GEO 21.00

-0.06 -0.28%
Volume: 35,138
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HITT 38.60

+0.68 +1.79%
Volume: 23,390
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IWOV 16.00

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 5,707,546
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MANT 45.20

+0.05 +0.11%
Volume: 46,264
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MEG 9.85

+0.35 +3.68%
Volume: 27,399
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OIS 37.12

-0.05 -0.13%
Volume: 175,492
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PLAB 4.37

+0.08 +1.86%
Volume: 63,949
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SCSS 5.41

+0.13 +2.46%
Volume: 79,404
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SRZ 2.67

+0.01 +0.38%
Volume: 842,236
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SUG 20.34

+0.19 +0.94%
Volume: 144,436
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