{"id":42608,"date":"2018-12-15T09:14:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T08:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=42608"},"modified":"2018-12-15T09:14:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T08:14:18","slug":"annual-changes-to-the-nasdaq-100-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/42608-annual-changes-to-the-nasdaq-100-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Changes to the NASDAQ-100<\/span> Index"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW<\/span> YORK<\/span>, Dec. 14, 2018 (GLOBE<\/span> NEWSWIRE<\/span>) \u2014 Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ<\/span><\/u>) today announ\u00adced the results of the annu\u00adal re-ran\u00adking of the NASDAQ-100<\/span> Index\u00ae (Nasdaq:NDX<\/span>), which will beco\u00adme effec\u00adti\u00adve pri\u00ador to mar\u00adket open on Mon\u00adday, Decem\u00adber 24, 2018.<\/p>\n

The fol\u00adlo\u00adwing six com\u00adpa\u00adnies will be added to the Index: Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD<\/span><\/a>), lulu\u00adle\u00admon ath\u00adle\u00adti\u00adca inc. (LULU<\/span><\/a>), Net\u00adApp, Inc. (NTAP<\/span><\/a>), United Con\u00adti\u00adnen\u00adtal Hol\u00addings, Inc. (UAL<\/span><\/a>), Veri\u00adSign, Inc. (VRSN<\/span><\/a>) and Wil\u00adlis Towers Wat\u00adson Public Limi\u00adt\u00aded Com\u00adpa\u00adny (WLTW<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n

The NASDAQ-100<\/span> Index is com\u00adpo\u00adsed of the 100 lar\u00adgest non-finan\u00adcial com\u00adpa\u00adnies lis\u00adted on The NASDAQ<\/span> Stock Mar\u00adket\u00ae<\/sup> and dates to Janu\u00adary 1985 when it was laun\u00adched along with the NASDAQ<\/span> Finan\u00adcial-100 Index\u00ae<\/sup>, which is com\u00adpri\u00adsed of the 100 lar\u00adgest finan\u00adcial stocks on NASDAQ<\/span>\u00ae<\/sup>. The\u00adse inde\u00adxes act as bench\u00admarks for finan\u00adcial pro\u00adducts such as opti\u00adons, futures, and funds. The NASDAQ-100<\/span> is re-ran\u00adked each year in Decem\u00adber, timed to coin\u00adci\u00adde with the qua\u00addru\u00adple witch expi\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon Fri\u00adday of the quarter.<\/p>\n

On a cumu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adve pri\u00adce return basis, the NASDAQ-100<\/span> Index has retur\u00adned almost 5,459.21% sin\u00adce incep\u00adti\u00adon, alt\u00adhough past per\u00adfor\u00admance is not indi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adve of future performance.<\/p>\n

The NASDAQ-100<\/span> Index is the basis of the Power\u00adSha\u00adres QQQ<\/span> Trust (QQQ<\/span><\/a>) which aims to pro\u00advi\u00adde invest\u00adment results that, befo\u00adre expen\u00adses, cor\u00adre\u00adspond with the NASDAQ-100<\/span> Index per\u00adfor\u00admance. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, opti\u00adons, futures and struc\u00adtu\u00adred pro\u00adducts based on the NASDAQ-100<\/span> Index and the Power\u00adSha\u00adres QQQ<\/span> Trust trade on various exchanges.<\/p>\n

As a result of the re-ran\u00adking, the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing six com\u00adpa\u00adnies will be remo\u00adved from the Index: Express Scripts Hol\u00adding Com\u00adpa\u00adny (ESRX<\/span><\/a>), Holo\u00adgic, Inc. (HOLX<\/span><\/a>), Qura\u00adte Retail, Inc. (QRTEA<\/span><\/a>), Shire plc (SHPG<\/span><\/a>), Sea\u00adgate Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy PLC<\/span> (STX<\/span><\/a>) and Voda\u00adfone Group Plc (VOD<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n

About Nasdaq Glo\u00adbal Indexes
\n<\/strong>Nasdaq Glo\u00adbal Inde\u00adxes has been crea\u00adting inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve, mar\u00adket-lea\u00adding, trans\u00adpa\u00adrent inde\u00adxes sin\u00adce 1971. Today, our index offe\u00adring spans geo\u00adgra\u00adphies and asset clas\u00adses and includes diver\u00adse fami\u00adlies such as the Divi\u00addend and Inco\u00adme (includes Divi\u00addend Achie\u00advers), Dor\u00adsey Wright, Fixed Inco\u00adme (includes Bul\u00adletSha\u00adres\u00ae), Glo\u00adbal Equi\u00adty, Green Eco\u00adno\u00admy, Nor\u00addic and Com\u00admo\u00addi\u00adty inde\u00adxes. We con\u00adti\u00adnuous\u00adly offer new oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for finan\u00adcial pro\u00adduct spon\u00adsors across a wide-spec\u00adtrum of investa\u00adble pro\u00adducts and for asset mana\u00adgers to mea\u00adsu\u00adre risk and per\u00adfor\u00admance. Nasdaq also pro\u00advi\u00addes exch\u00adan\u00adge lis\u00adting, cus\u00adtom index and design solu\u00adti\u00adons to finan\u00adcial orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons worldwide.<\/p>\n

About Nasdaq
\n<\/strong>Nasdaq (NDAQ<\/span><\/a>) is a lea\u00adding glo\u00adbal pro\u00advi\u00adder of tra\u00adding, clea\u00adring, exch\u00adan\u00adge tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, lis\u00adting, infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon and public com\u00adpa\u00adny ser\u00advices. Through its diver\u00adse port\u00adfo\u00adlio of solu\u00adti\u00adons, Nasdaq enables cus\u00adto\u00admers to plan, opti\u00admi\u00adze and exe\u00adcu\u00adte their busi\u00adness visi\u00adon with con\u00adfi\u00addence, using pro\u00adven tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies that pro\u00advi\u00adde trans\u00adpa\u00adren\u00adcy and insight for navi\u00adga\u00adting today\u2019s glo\u00adbal capi\u00adtal mar\u00adkets. As the crea\u00adtor of the world\u2019s first elec\u00adtro\u00adnic stock mar\u00adket, its tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy powers more than 100 mar\u00adket\u00adplaces in 50 count\u00adries, and 1 in 10 of the world\u2019s secu\u00adri\u00adties tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. Nasdaq is home to over 4,000 total lis\u00adtings with a mar\u00adket value of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly $15 tril\u00adli\u00adon. To learn more, visit business.nasdaq.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon con\u00adtai\u00adned abo\u00adve is pro\u00advi\u00added for infor\u00adma\u00adtio\u00adnal and edu\u00adca\u00adtio\u00adnal pur\u00adpo\u00adses only, and not\u00adhing con\u00adtai\u00adned her\u00adein should be con\u00adstrued as invest\u00adment advice, eit\u00adher on behalf of a par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar finan\u00adcial pro\u00adduct or an over\u00adall invest\u00adment stra\u00adtegy. Neither The NASDAQ<\/span> OMX<\/span> Group, Inc. nor any of its affi\u00adlia\u00adtes makes any recom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon to buy or sell any finan\u00adcial pro\u00adduct or any repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon about the finan\u00adcial con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adon of any com\u00adpa\u00adny or fund. State\u00adments regar\u00adding Nasdaq\u2019s pro\u00adprie\u00adta\u00adry inde\u00adxes are not gua\u00adran\u00adtees of future per\u00adfor\u00admance. Actu\u00adal results may dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from tho\u00adse expres\u00adsed or impli\u00aded. Past per\u00adfor\u00admance is not indi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adve of future results. Inves\u00adtors should under\u00adta\u00adke their own due dili\u00adgence and careful\u00adly eva\u00adlua\u00adte com\u00adpa\u00adnies befo\u00adre inves\u00adt\u00ading. ADVICE<\/span> FROM<\/span> A SECURITIES<\/span> PROFESSIONAL<\/span> IS<\/span> STRONGLY<\/span> ADVISED<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Com\u00adpa\u00adny Briefs:<\/strong>
\nThe fol\u00adlo\u00adwing is brief infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about the five com\u00adpa\u00adnies to be added to the NASDAQ-100<\/span> Index. <\/p>\n

Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. ope\u00adra\u00adtes as a semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor com\u00adpa\u00adny worldwide.<\/p>\n

lulu\u00adle\u00admon ath\u00adle\u00adti\u00adca inc., an ath\u00adle\u00adtic appa\u00adrel com\u00adpa\u00adny, tog\u00ade\u00adther with its sub\u00adsi\u00addia\u00adries, designs, dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtes, and retails ath\u00adle\u00adtic appa\u00adrel and access\u00adories for women, men, and fema\u00adle youth.<\/p>\n

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Net\u00adApp, Inc. pro\u00advi\u00addes soft\u00adware, sys\u00adtems, and ser\u00advices to mana\u00adge and share date on-pre\u00admi\u00adses, and pri\u00adva\u00adte and public clouds worldwide.<\/p>\n

United Con\u00adti\u00adnen\u00adtal Hol\u00addings, Inc., tog\u00ade\u00adther with its sub\u00adsi\u00addia\u00adries, pro\u00advi\u00addes air trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon ser\u00advices in North Ame\u00adri\u00adca, the Asia-Paci\u00adfic, Euro\u00adpe, the Midd\u00adle East, Afri\u00adca, and Latin America.<\/p>\n

Veri\u00adSign, Inc. pro\u00advi\u00addes domain name regis\u00adtry ser\u00advices and Inter\u00adnet secu\u00adri\u00adty worldwide.<\/p>\n

Wil\u00adlis Towers Wat\u00adson Public Limi\u00adt\u00aded Com\u00adpa\u00adny ope\u00adra\u00adtes as an advi\u00adso\u00adry, bro\u00adking, and solu\u00adti\u00adons com\u00adpa\u00adny worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW<\/span> YORK<\/span>, Dec. 14, 2018 (GLOBE<\/span> NEWSWIRE<\/span>) \u2014 Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ<\/span>) today announ\u00adced the results of the annu\u00adal re-ran\u00adking of the NASDAQ-100<\/span> Index\u00ae (Nasdaq:NDX<\/span>), which will beco\u00adme effec\u00adti\u00adve pri\u00ador to mar\u00adket open on Mon\u00adday, Decem\u00adber 24, 2018. The fol\u00adlo\u00adwing six com\u00adpa\u00adnies will be added to the Index: Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD<\/span>), lulu\u00adle\u00admon ath\u00adle\u00adti\u00adca inc. (LULU<\/span>), Net\u00adApp, (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[966,1664,1663,1662],"class_list":["post-42608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-amd","tag-amd-aktie","tag-boerse","tag-nasdaq-100","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42609,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42608\/revisions\/42609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}