Friday, December 10, 2010

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) Replaces Office Depot (NYSE:OD) on S&P 500

Several changes were made to the S&P 500 Thursday, with one of the more notable ones being the addition of Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), which will be replacing Office Depot (NYSE:OD) on the index.

Other changes made include the addition of Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE:CVC), which is replacing King Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSE:KG) because of being acquired by Pfizer (NYSE:PFE).

Also being dropped from the S&P is Eastman Kodak (NYSE:EK) and the New York Times (NYSE:NYT), who will be replaced by Newfield Exploration (NYSE:NFX) and F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV).

Stocks removed from the S&P 500 will be lowered to the mid-cap 400 index.

Also noted in the S&P report was changes to the SmallCap 600, where Coldwater Creek Inc. (NASD:CWTR), Corinthian Colleges Inc. (NASD:COCO) and Wilmington Trust Corp. (NYSE:WL) will be replaced by East West Bancorp Inc. (NASD: EWBC), SM Energy Co. (NYSE:SM) and Concur Technologies Inc.

Those removed from the SmallCap 600 will be placed in the S&P MidCap 400.

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