The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ-500 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX500) and the NASDAQ-400 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX400), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, December 19, 2011.
NASDAQ-500 (NDX500)
ADDITIONS | DELETIONS | |||
ATPG | ATP Oil & Gas Corporation | AMED | Amedisys, Inc. | |
ENTR | Entropic Communications, Inc. | AONE | A123 Systems, Inc. | |
HERO | Hercules Offshore, Inc. | CEDC | Central European Distribution Corporation | |
HOLI | Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. | IRDM | Iridium Communications Inc. | |
NEWP | Newport Corporation | MDSO | Medidata Solutions, Inc. | |
RUE | rue21, inc. | MNKD | MannKind Corporation | |
SBGI | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. | NPSP | NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | |
SIMO | Silicon Motion Technology Corporation | SONC | Sonic Corp. | |
SSYS | Stratasys, Inc. | TKLC | Tekelec | |
TITN | Titan Machinery Inc. | VRNT | Verint Systems Inc. | |
TZOO | Travelzoo Inc. | VRUS | Pharmasset, Inc. | |
NASDAQ-400 (NDX400)
ADDITIONS | DELETIONS | |||
ATPG | ATP Oil & Gas Corporation | AMED | Amedisys, Inc. | |
ENTR | Entropic Communications, Inc. | AONE | A123 Systems, Inc. | |
FLIR | FLIR Systems, Inc. | AVGO | Avago Technologies Limited | |
HERO | Hercules Offshore, Inc. | CEDC | Central European Distribution Corporation | |
HOLI | Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. | FOSL | Fossil, Inc. | |
ILMN | Illumina, Inc. | GOLD | Randgold Resources Limited | |
NEWP | Newport Corporation | HANS | Hansen Natural Corporation | |
NIHD | NII Holdings, Inc. | IRDM | Iridium Communications Inc. | |
QGEN | Qiagen N.V. | MDSO | Medidata Solutions, Inc. | |
RUE | rue21, inc. | MNKD | MannKind Corporation | |
SBGI | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. | NPSP | NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | |
SIMO | Silicon Motion Technology Corporation | NUAN | Nuance Communications, Inc. | |
SSYS | Stratasys, Inc. | SONC | Sonic Corp. | |
TITN | Titan Machinery Inc. | TKLC | Tekelec | |
TZOO | Travelzoo Inc. | VRNT | Verint Systems Inc. | |
URBN | Urban Outfitters, Inc. | VRUS | Pharmasset, Inc. | |
The NASDAQ-500 Index is designed to track the top 500 non-financial securities listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market. It does not contain securities of financial companies including investment companies. The NASDAQ-500 Index is re-ranked annually in December. For more information about the NASDAQ-500 Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.
The NASDAQ-400 Index is designed to track the performance of securities that are next-eligible for inclusion into the NASDAQ—100 Index. It does not contain securities of financial companies including investment companies. The NASDAQ-400 Index is re-ranked annually in December. For more information about the NASDAQ-400 Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.
The NASDAQ-500 and NASDAQ-400 Indexes are the basis for the Global X NASDAQ 500 ETF (Nasdaq:QQQV) and Global X NASDAQ 400 Mid Cap ETF (Nasdaq:QQQM). The Funds seek to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the NASDAQ-500 and NASDAQ-400 Indexes, respectively.