Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index
NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOR) will replace Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq: SNIC) in the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading on a date to be announced. Sonic Solutions is being acquired by S&P MidCap 400 constituent Rovi Corp. (Nasdaq: ROVI) in a deal expected to be completed soon.
Standard & Poor's will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its website: www.standardandpoors.com.
Questcor provides prescription drugs for central nervous system and inflammatory disorders. Headquartered in Union City, CA, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Pharmaceuticals Sub-Industry index.
Following is a summary of the change:
S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX – TBA |
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COMPANY |
GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR |
GICS SUB-INDUSTRY |
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ADDED |
Questcor Pharmaceuticals |
Health Care |
Pharmaceuticals |
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DELETED |
Sonic Solutions |
Information Technology |
Application Software |
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For more information about S&P Indices, please visit www.standardandpoors.com/indices.
About S&P Indices
S&P Indices, the world's leading index provider, maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of investor needs. Over $1.25 trillion is directly indexed to Standard & Poor's family of indices, which includes the S&P 500, the world's most followed stock market index, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, the S&P Global BMI, an index with approximately 11,000 constituents, the S&P GSCI, the industry's most closely watched commodities index, and the S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index, the premier investable index for U.S. municipal bonds. For more information, please visit www.standardandpoors.com/indices.
For more information contact: |
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David M. Blitzer, Ph.D. |
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Managing Director & Chairman of the Index Committee |
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(212) 438-3907 |
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SOURCE Standard & Poor's
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