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

Quarterly Review of the S&P/TSX Composite and Global Mining Indices

TORONTO, Dec. 13, 2013 /CNW/ - S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices effective after the close of trading on Friday, December 20, 2013:

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	60/Completion	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Avigilon Corporation	AVO	Completion	Information Technology
Badger Daylighting Ltd.	BAD	Completion	Industrials
Bellatrix Exploration Ltd.	BXE	Completion	Energy
Descartes Systems Group Inc.	DSG	Completion	Information Technology
Horizon North Logistics Inc.	HNL	Completion	Industrials
Hudson's Bay Company	HBC	Completion	Consumer Discretionary
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.	INE	Completion	Utilities
Ithaca Energy Inc.	IAE	Completion	Energy
Raging River Exploration Inc.	RRX	Completion	Energy
Surge Energy Inc.	SGY	Completion	Energy

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	60/Completion	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Dundee Precious Metals Inc.	DPM	Completion	Materials
Endeavour Silver Corp.	EDR	Completion	Materials
Reitman's (Canada) Limited	RET.A	Completion	Consumer Discretionary
Rio Alto Mining Limited	RIO	Completion	Materials, Div. Metals & Mining
Rubicon Minerals Corporation	RMX	Completion	Materials
Taseko Mines Limited	TKO	Completion	Materials, Div. Metals & Mining
Wi-LAN Inc.	WIN	Completion	Information Technology

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

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Endeavour Mining Corporation	EDV	TSX
Gabriel Resources Ltd.	GBU	TSX
Gold Resource Corporation	GORO	NYSE AMEX
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.	KGI	TSX
NGEx Resources Inc.	NGQ	TSX
Perseus Mining Limited	PRU	TSX
Premier Gold Mines Limited	PG	TSX
Romarco Minerals Inc.	R	TSX
Timmins Gold Corp.	TMM	TSX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Lucara Diamond Corp.	LUC	TSX
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Endeavour Mining Corporation	EDV
Gabriel Resources Ltd.	GBU
Gold Resource Corporation	GORO	NYSE AMEX
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.	KGI
NGEx Resources Inc.	NGQ
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.	NOR	NYSE
Perseus Mining Limited	PRU
Premier Gold Mines Limited	PG
Romarco Minerals Inc.	R
Timmins Gold Corp.	TMM

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

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.	NOR	NYSE

S&P/TSX EQUAL WEIGHT GLOBAL GOLD INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Sibanye Gold Ltd. ADR	SBGL	NYSE
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Allied Nevada Gold Corp.	ANV	TSX
Continental Gold Limited	CNL	TSX

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE DIVIDEND INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Badger Daylighting Ltd.	BAD
Horizon North Logistics Inc.	HNL
Hudson's Bay Company	HBC
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.	INE
Surge Energy Inc.	SGY
DELETIONS Issue Name	Symbol
IAMGOLD Corporation	IMG
Reitman's (Canada) Limited	RET.A
Wi-LAN Inc.	WIN

S&P/TSX EQUITY INCOME INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Centerra Gold Inc.	CG
Corus Entertainment Inc.	CJR.B
Husky Energy Inc.	HSE
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.	INE
Pan American Silver Corp.	PAA
Shaw Communications Inc.	SJR.B
Surge Energy Inc.	SGY
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Aimia Inc.	AIM
Encana Corporation	ECA
IAMGOLD Corporation	IMG
Reitman's (Canada) Limited	RET.A
Transcontinental Inc.	TCL.A
Wi-LAN Inc.	WIN

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE HIGH BETA INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Atlantic Power Corporation	ATP
Enerplus Corporation	ERF
Just Energy Group Inc.	JE
Norbord Inc.	NBD
TransGlobe Energy Corporation	TGL
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Dundee Precious Metals Inc.	DPM
Endeavour Silver Corp.	EDR
Rio Alto Mining Limited	RIO
Rubicon Minerals Corporation	RMX
Taseko Mines Limited	TKO

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE LOW VOLATILITY INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Cineplex Inc.	CGX
Crescent Point Energy Corp.	CPG
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.	INE
Vermilion Energy Inc.	VET
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
AltaGas Ltd.	ALA
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.	BAM.A
Dundee International REIT	DI.UN
Shaw Communications Inc.	SJR.B

S&P/TSX EQUAL WEIGHT INDUSTRIALS INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Badger Daylighting Ltd.	BAD
Horizon North Logistics Inc.	HNL

S&P/TSX CANADIAN DIVIDEND ARISTOCRATS INDEX - ANNUAL REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
BCE Inc.	BCE
Boyd Group Income Fund	BYD.UN
Cogeco Inc.	CGO
Enghouse Systems Limited	ESL
Franco-Nevada Corporation	FNV
Genworth MI Canada Inc.	MIC
Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc.	GS
High Liner Foods Inc.	HLF
Uni-Select Inc.	UNS
Wi-LAN Inc.	WIN

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Ag Growth International Inc.	AFN
Reitman's (Canada) Limited	RET.A
Talisman Energy  Inc.	TLM

S&P/TSX HIGH INCOME ENERGY INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp.	CEU
Canadian Natural Resources Limited	CNQ
Surge Energy Inc.	SGY
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
EnCana Corporation	ECA

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