NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P MidCap
400 constituent Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (NYSE: HII) will
replace C. R. Bard Inc. (NYSE: BCR) in the S&P 500, S&P
SmallCap 600 constituent Scientific Games Corp. (NASD: SGMS) will
replace Huntington Ingalls Industries in the S&P MidCap 400,
and Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. (NASD: UCTT) will replace Scientific
Games in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the open of
trading on Wednesday, January 3,
2018. S&P 500 constituent Becton, Dickinson and Co.
(NYSE: BDX) is acquiring C.R. Bard in a deal expected to be
completed on or about December
29.
Huntington Ingalls Industries engages in designing, building,
overhauling, and repairing ships. Headquartered in
Newport News, VA, the company will
be added to the S&P 500 GICS (Global Industry Classification
Standard) Aerospace & Defense Sub-Industry index.
Scientific Games develops technology-based products and
services, and associated content for the gaming, lottery, and
interactive gaming industries. Headquartered in Las Vegas, NV, the company will be added to
the S&P MidCap 400 GICS Casinos & Gaming Sub-Industry
index.
Ultra Clean Holdings designs, develops, prototypes, engineers,
manufactures, and tests production tools, modules, and subsystems
for the semiconductor capital equipment and equipment
industry. Headquartered in Hayward,
CA, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600
GICS Semiconductor Equipment Sub-Industry index.
Following is a summary of the changes:
S&P 500 INDEX
– JANUARY 3, 2018
|
|
COMPANY
|
GICS ECONOMIC
SECTOR
|
GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
|
ADDED
|
Huntington Ingalls
Industries
|
Industrials
|
Aerospace &
Defense
|
DELETED
|
C.R. Bard
|
Health
Care
|
Health Care
Equipment
|
S&P MIDCAP 400
INDEX – JANUARY 3, 2018
|
|
COMPANY
|
GICS ECONOMIC
SECTOR
|
GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
|
ADDED
|
Scientific
Games
|
Consumer
Discretionary
|
Casinos &
Gaming
|
DELETED
|
Huntington Ingalls
Industries
|
Industrials
|
Aerospace &
Defense
|
S&P SMALLCAP
600 INDEX – JANUARY 3, 2018
|
|
COMPANY
|
GICS ECONOMIC
SECTOR
|
GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
|
ADDED
|
Ultra Clean
Holdings
|
Information
Technology
|
Semiconductor
Equipment
|
DELETED
|
Scientific
Games
|
Consumer
Discretionary
|
Casinos &
Gaming
|
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