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 53.56

-0.04 -0.07%
Volume: 125,966
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CAR 26.34

+20.49 +350.26%
Volume: 456,571
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CPLA 58.80

-1.51 -2.50%
Volume: 190,945
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CPY 27.55

+9.83 +55.47%
Volume: 438,916
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GEO 25.01

+5.93 +31.08%
Volume: 442,300
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HITT 34.13

-1.02 -2.90%
Volume: 134,273
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IWOV 16.00

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 5,707,546
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MANT 42.50

-0.99 -2.28%
Volume: 157,717
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MEG 28.62

+26.50 +1,250.00%
Volume: 441,150
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OIS 25.04

-0.05 -0.20%
Volume: 442,397
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PLAB 4.01

-0.18 -4.30%
Volume: 283,064
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SCSS 0.88

+0.05 +6.02%
Volume: 149,506
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SRZ 28.73

+26.85 +1,428.19%
Volume: 441,222
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SUG 27.48

+8.99 +48.62%
Volume: 447,139
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