NEW YORK, June 10, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the quarterly re-ranking of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index (Nasdaq:NXTQ), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, June 20, 2011.
The following eight securities will be added to the Index: Acme Packet, Inc. (Nasdaq:APKT), Focus Media Holding Limited (Nasdaq:FMCN), lululemon athletica inc. (Nasdaq:LULU), MercadoLibre, Inc. (Nasdaq:MELI), Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:PTEN), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:REGN), Sohu.com Inc. (Nasdaq:SOHU), and TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq:TIBX).
The Index is designed to track the performance of the 50 securities that are next in line to replace the securities currently included in the NASDAQ-100 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX). The NASDAQ Q-50 Index is re-ranked on a quarterly basis. For more information about the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.
As a result of the re-ranking, the following six securities will be removed from the Index: BE Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAV), Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:CY), R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (Nasdaq:RRD), Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), Steel Dynamics, Inc. (Nasdaq:STLD), and United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq:UTHR).
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About NASDAQ OMX Group
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; NASDAQ OMX Nordic, including First North, NASDAQ OMX Baltic and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs. NASDAQ OMX Group technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and
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