Investing September 11, 2002
FTSE Adjusts FTSE 100 Benchmark
September 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The FTSE
Group has dropped three companies from its blue chip FTSE 100
Index, the index company announced.
Reported by Fred Schneyer
Deleted from the FTSE 100 list are British Airways, EMI
Group, and International Power. They will be replaced by
Rexam, Tomkins, and Alliance UniChem, the index company
said in a media release.
FTSE also added four companies to its FTSE 250 index:
- William Hill
- Burberry Group
- HMV Group
- Punch Taverns.
Deletions from the FTSE 250 include British Energy,
Autonomy Corporation and Marlborough Stirling Plc, FTSE
said.
Changes to the UK indices, made after the quarterly meeting
of the FTSE independent advisory committee Wednesday, will
be applied after the close of business on September 20,
2002.