NEW YORK, June 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ ) today announced 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 23, 2014.
The following nine securities will be added to the Index: American Airlines Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAL ), Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAR ), First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR ), Frontier Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: FTR ), Gulfport Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: GPOR ), Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (Nasdaq: PPC ), Ryanair Holdings plc (Nasdaq: RYAAY ), Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (Nasdaq: ULTA ) and Windstream Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIN ).
NASDAQ Q-50 Index is a market-capitalization weighted index designed to track the performance of securities that are next-eligible for inclusion into the NASDAQ-100 Index SM . The Index is comprised of 50 securities ranked by market capitalization and reflects companies across major industry groups including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade, and biotechnology. It does not contain securities of financial companies including banking and investment companies, as these are ineligible for NASDAQ-100 Index inclusion.
As a result of the re-ranking, the following nine securities will be removed from the Index: Concur Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNQR ), Groupon, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRPN ), Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISIS ), Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LECO ), Medivation, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDVN ), NetEase, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTES ), SolarCity Corporation (Nasdaq: SCTY ), Seattle Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGEN ) and Stratasys, Ltd. (Nasdaq: SSYS ).
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