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 11.97

+1.11 +10.22%
Volume: 5,691,836
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CPLA 71.50

+1.02 +1.45%
Volume: 102,321
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CPY 12.19

+0.17 +1.41%
Volume: 18,070
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GEO 20.71

+0.75 +3.76%
Volume: 308,986
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HITT 39.83

+0.70 +1.79%
Volume: 127,234
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IWOV 16.00

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 5,707,546
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MANT 45.12

+1.24 +2.83%
Volume: 193,480
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MEG 8.27

+0.30 +3.76%
Volume: 153,544
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OIS 35.68

-0.12 -0.34%
Volume: 578,967
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PLAB 4.97

+0.57 +12.95%
Volume: 1,174,863
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SCSS 5.06

+0.26 +5.42%
Volume: 287,902
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SRZ 3.32

+0.05 +1.53%
Volume: 483,304
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SUG 21.51

+0.21 +0.99%
Volume: 464,032
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