S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes to the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Results of the June 2016 Quarterly Review of the S&P/TSX Composite Index

TORONTO, June 10, 2016 /CNW/ - S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices after the close of trading on Friday, June 17, 2016:

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Endeavour Mining Corp.	EDV	Materials
Guyana Goldfields Inc.	GUY	Materials
Hydro One Limited	H	Utilities
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.	KGI	Materials
Lucara Diamond Corp.	LUC	Materials
MAG Silver Corp.	MAG	Materials
Winpak Limited	WPK	Materials
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Penn West Petroleum Ltd.	PWT	Energy
Performance Sports Group Ltd.	PSG	Consumer Discretionary

 

Changes to the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also affect the S&P/TSX Capped Composite and Equal Weight Composite Indices.  Stocks added to or removed from the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also be added to or removed from the appropriate Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sector index.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX:BAM.A) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Capped Real Estate Index and added to the S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index at the same time as the review.

S&P/TSX GLOBAL GOLD INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
McEwen Mining Inc.	MUX	NYSE
Newmarket Gold Inc.	NMI	TSX
Richmont Mines Inc.	RIC	TSX
Silver Standard Resources Inc.	SSO	TSX
Tahoe Resources Inc.	THO	TSX

 

S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Endeavour Silver Corp.	EDR	TSX
McEwen Mining Inc.	MUX	NYSE
Newmarket Gold Inc.	NMI	TSX
Richmont Mines Inc.	RIC	TSX

 

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE DIVIDEND INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Hydro One Limited	H
Lucara Diamond Corp.	LUC
Winpak Limited	WPK
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Eldorado Gold Corporation	ELD

 

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Agrium Inc.	AGU
Computer Modelling Group Ltd	CMG
Emera Inc.	EMA
Great-West Lifeco Inc.	GWO
North West Company Inc.	NWC
Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI.B
Toronto-Dominion Bank	TD
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Crescent Point Energy Corp	CPG
Enerplus Corporation	ERF
Intertape Polymer Group Inc.	ITP
Mullen Group Ltd	MTL
PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.	PSK
Surge Energy Inc.	SGY
Whitecap Resources Inc.	WCP

 

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE HIGH BETA INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
First Majestic Silver Corp.	FR
Russel Metals Inc.	RUS
Suncor Energy Inc.	SU
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Cameco Corp.	CCO
Pembina Pipeline Corporation	PPL
Penn West Petroleum Ltd.	PWT

 

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE LOW VOLATILITY INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Agrium Inc.	AGU
Cogeco Communications Inc.	CCA
Hydro One Limited	H
IGM Financial Inc.	IGM
Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services	IAG
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	CHE.UN
Empire Company Limited	EMP.A
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.	MBT
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.	MFI
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation	PBH

 

S&P/TSX 60 FOSSIL FUEL FREE INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Emera Inc.	EMA

 

S&P/TSX 60 CARBON EFFICIENT SELECT INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Gildan Activewear Inc.	GIL
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Dollarama Inc.	DOL

 

S&P/TSX 60 FOSSIL FUEL FREE CARBON EFFICIENT SELECT INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Barrick Gold Corporation	ABX
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.	VRX

 

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