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

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

TORONTO, March 10, 2017 /CNW/ - S&P Dow Jones Indices Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices effective at the open on Monday, March 20, 2017:

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Capped Sector Indices
Boralex Inc.	BLX	Utilities
Canopy Growth Corporation	WEED	Health Care
NexGen Energy Ltd.	NXE

 

In anticipation of the closing on March 17, 2017, of the acquisition of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (TSX:MBT) by BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE), Manitoba Telecom will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite, Capped Composite and Composite Equal Weight, the S&P/TSX Completion, the S&P/TSX Capped Telecommunication Services, the S&P/TSX Composite Buyback and the S&P/TSX Composite Shareholder Yield Indices effective at the open of trading on Monday, March 20, 2017. The index shares of BCE Inc. will increase at the same time to reflect the issuance of shares as part of the transaction.

Changes to the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also affect the S&P/TSX Completion, 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
Golden Star Resources Ltd.	GSC	TSX
Harmony Gold Mining Co. ADR	HMY	NYSE
Wesdome Gold mines Ltd.	WDO	TSX

 

S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Arch Coal Inc.	ARCH	NYSE
Capstone Mining Corp.	CS	TSX
Century Aluminum Co.	CENX	NASDAQ
Cloud Peak Energy Inc.	CLD	NYSE
Denison Mines Corp.	DML	TSX
Golden Star Resources Ltd.	GSC	TSX
Great Panther Silver Limited	GPR	TSX
Harmony Gold Mining Co. ADR	HMY	NYSE
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.	MPVD	TSX
Osisko Mining Inc.	OSK	TSX
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.	WDO	TSX

 

S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Capstone Mining Corp.	CS	TSX
Century Aluminum Co.	CENX	NASDAQ

 

S&P/TSX EQUAL WEIGHT GLOBAL GOLD INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Continental Gold Inc.	CNL	TSX

 

S&P/TSX EQUAL WEIGHT GLOBAL BASE METALS INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Arizona Mining Inc.	AZ	TSX
Capstone Mining Corp.	CS	TSX
Century Aluminum Co.	CENX	NASDAQ
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.	NDM	TSX
Trevali Mining Corporation	TV	TSX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Arconic Inc.	ARNC	NYSE

 

S&P/TSX EQUAL WEIGHT INDUSTRIALS INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Exchange Income Corporation	EIF	TSX

 

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE DIVIDEND INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
Birchcliff Energy Ltd.		BIR
Boralex Inc.		BLX
Eldorado Gold Corporation		ELD
Lundin Mining Corporation		LUN
DELETIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
Alacer Gold Corp.		ASR

 

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
Canadian Utilities Limited A NV		CU
Home Capital Group Inc.		HCG
DELETIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
DH Corporation		DH
Nevsun Resources Ltd.		NSU

 

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE HIGH BETA INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Alamos Gold Inc.	AGI
Asanko Gold Inc.	AKG
Eldorado Gold Corporation	ELD
Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.	FVI
IAMGOLD Corporation	IMG
Mag Silver Corp	MAG
New Gold Inc.	NGD
NexGen Energy Ltd.	NXE
Pan American Silver Corp.	PAAS
Pretium Resources Inc.	PVG
Silver Standard Resources Inc.	SSO
Tahoe Resources Inc.	THO
Torex Gold Resources Inc.	TXG
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Canfor Corporation	CFP
Element Fleet Management Corp.	EFN
Enbridge Inc.	ENB
Gibson Energy Inc.	GEI
Home Capital Group Inc.	HCG
Interfor Corporation	IFP
Pason Systems Inc.	PSI
PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.	PSK
Raging River Exploration Inc.	RRX
Russel Metals Inc.	RUS
Suncor Energy Inc.	SU
TransAlta Corporation	TA
Veresen Inc.	VSN

 

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE LOW VOLATILITY INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc.	ENF
TransAlta Renewables Inc.	RNW
TransCanada Corporation	TRP
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Chartwell Retirement Residences	CSH.UN
CI Financial Corp.	CIX
Milestone Apartments REIT	MST.UN

 

S&P/TSX 60 CARBON EFFICIENT SELECT INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
Yamana Gold Inc.		YRI
DELETIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
Metro Inc.		MRU

 

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