NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 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, December 22, 2014.
The following eleven companies will be added to the Index: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY ), Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE ), F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: FFIV ), JD.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: JD ), MercadoLibre, Inc. (Nasdaq: MELI ), Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXIM ), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (Nasdaq: ODFL ), Shire plc (Nasdaq: SHPG ), Splunk Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLK ), Stratasys, Ltd. (Nasdaq: SSYS ) and United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR ).
As a result of the revision in the NASDAQ-100 (NDX) index methodology allowing multiple share classes of index participants to be included in the index, the following security will also be added to the index: News Corporation (Nasdaq: NWS )
NASDAQ Q-50 Index is a market-capitalization weighted index designed to track the performance of companies 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 eleven companies will be removed from the Index: American Airlines Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAL ), Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAR ), Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE ), Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: EA ), First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR ), Golar LNG Limited (Nasdaq: GLNG ), Lam Research Corporation (Nasdaq: LRCX ), Methanex Corporation (Nasdaq: MEOH ), Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq: MPEL ), Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN ) and SolarCity Corporation (Nasdaq: SCTY ).
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