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

The results of the Quarterly Review of the S&P/TSX Composite Index

TORONTO, March 13, 2015 /CNW/ - S&P Dow Jones Indices Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices effective after the close on Friday, March 20, 2015:

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Concordia Healthcare Corp.	CXR	Health Care
Performance Sports Group Ltd.	PSG	Consumer Discretionary
ProMetic Life Sciences Inc.	PLI	Health Care
Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust	AAR.UN	Real Estate, REIT
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Canyon Services Group Inc.	FRC	Energy
China Gold Int'l Resources Corp. Ltd.	CGG	Materials
Dundee Corporation	DC.A	Financials
Legacy Oil + Gas Inc.	LEG	Energy
Lightstream Resources Ltd.	LTS	Energy
Wajax Corporation	WJX	Industrials

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.

S&P/TSX GLOBAL GOLD INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.	KGI	TSX
Premier Gold Mines Limited	PG	TSX
Romarco Minerals Inc.	R	TSX

S&P/TSX EQUAL WEIGHT GLOBAL GOLD INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC.	NG	TSX
Romarco Minerals Inc.	R	TSX

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
China Gold Int'l Resources Corp. Ltd.	CGG	TSX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Fission Uranium Corp.	FCU	TSX
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.	KGI	TSX
Premier Gold Mines Limited	PG	TSX
Romarco Minerals Inc.	R	TSX
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Endeavour Silver Corp.	EDR	TSX
McEwen Mining Inc.	MUX	NYSE
Paladin Energy Ltd.	PDN	TSX
Platinum Group Metals Ltd.	PTM	TSX
Silvercorp Metals Inc.	SVM	TSX
Taseko Mines Limited	TKO	TSX
Trevali Mining Corporation	TV	TSX

 

S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS AND EQUAL WEIGHT GLOBAL BASE METALS INDICES

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Taseko Mines Limited	TKO	TSX
Trevali Mining Corporation	TV	TSX

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE DIVIDEND INDEX

ADDITIONS Issue Name	Symbol
Concordia Healthcare Corp.	CXR
OceanaGold Corporation	OGC
Pure Industrial REIT	AAR.UN
DELETIONS Issue Name	Symbol
Bombardier Inc.	BBD.B
Canyon Services Group Inc.	FRC
Lightstream Resources Ltd.	LTS
Trilogy Energy Corp.	TET
Wajax Corporation	WJX

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
Calfrac Well Services Ltd.		CFW
Ensign Energy Services Inc.		ESI
Genworth MI Canada Inc.		MIC
Gibson Energy Inc.		GEI
Pure Industrial REIT		AAR.UN
Trican Well Service Ltd.		TCW
Trinidad Drilling Ltd.		TDG
DELETIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
Canadian Oil Sands Limited		COS
Canyon Services Group Inc.		FRC
Emera Incorporated		EMA
Lightstream Resources Ltd.		LTS
Power Financial Corporation		PWF
Talisman Energy Inc.		TLM
Wajax Corporation		WJX

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE HIGH BETA INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Athabasca Oil Corporation	ATH
Badger Daylighting Ltd.	BAD
Birchcliff Energy Ltd.	BIR
Black Diamond Group Limited	BDI
Bonavista Energy Corporation	BNP
Bonterra Energy Corp.	BNE
Capstone Mining Corp.	CS
Cenovus Energy Inc	CVE
Crescent Point Energy Corp	CPG
EnCana Corporation	ECA
Lundin Mining Corporation	LUN
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.	PRE
Suncor Energy Inc	SU
Vermilion Energy Inc.	VET
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd.	AAV
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.	CF
Canyon Services Group Inc.	FRC
China Gold International Resources Corp. Ltd.	CGG
First Majestic Silver Corp.	FR
Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.	FVI
IAMGOLD Corporation	IMG
Legacy Oil + Gas Inc.	LEG
Lightstream Resources Ltd.	LTS
Methanex Corporation	MX
New Gold Inc.	NGD
Silver Standard Resources Inc.	SSO
Torex Gold Resources Inc.	TXG
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.	VRX

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE LOW VOLATILITY INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Atco Ltd.	ACO.X
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	CHE.UN
Dollarama Inc.	DOL
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.	INE
Loblaw Companies Limited	L
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.	MDA
North West Company Inc.	NWC
Pure Industrial REIT	AAR.UN
Quebecor Inc.	QBR.B
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Canadian Tire Corporation Limited	CTC.A
Empire Company Ltd.	EMP.A
Enbridge Inc.	ENB
Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc.	ENF
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.	MBT
Northland Power Inc.	NPI
Onex Corporation	OCX
Saputo Inc.	SAP
Sun Life Financial Inc.	SLF

 

S&P/TSX HIGH INCOME ENERGY INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Cameco Corporation	CCO
EnCana Corporation	ECA

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Canyon Services Group Inc.	FRC
Lightstream Resources Ltd.	LTS
Trilogy Energy Corp.	TET

 

S&P/TSX EQUAL WEIGHT INDUSTRIALS INDEX

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Wajax Corporation	WJX

 

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