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NEW YORK (December 15, 2008)
¨CDow Jones Indexes today announced that Dow Jones Indexes completed
the regular semiannually review for the Dow Jones CBN China 600
Sector Blue-Chip Indexes, which were launched on September 8,
2005 as subsets of the Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index. As a
result of this regular review, the changes for the 14 sectors
are as follows:
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All changes are
effective on December 22 2008.
Aimed at
providing investors in China and around the world with an
accurate tool for tracking equity performance in China¡¯s growing
stock markets, the Dow-China Indexes are constructed with the
same strict standards used to develop the Dow Jones Global
Indexes.
Float-adjusted
shares, which exclude all state-owned shares and unlisted
employee shares, are used for stock selection and index
calculation, in order to provide an accurate representation of
the shares that are actually available to investors for
trading. Dow Jones Indexes excludes block holdings of
individuals, other companies or governments that exceed 5% of
total market value in calculating free-float for selection of
component stocks.
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NEW YORK (Sept. 15, 2008)
¨CDow
Jones Indexes today announced that four changes in the composition of the Dow Jones CBN China 600 Sector Blue-Chip Indexes due to markets circumstances and Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) review. The changes, which involve in three sectors including Construction &
Materials, Retail and Technology, will be effective on September 22, 2008.
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