Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, announced that it will be included in the Wilshire 5000 Total Market IndexSM (Wilshire 5000) effective after the markets close today, in conjunction with the monthly additions and deletions of the index.
The Wilshire 5000, the original pure and complete measure of the U.S. stock market, was developed in 1974 by Dennis A. Tito, Chairman and CEO of Wilshire Associates Incorporated (Wilshire®). It is widely considered a leading way to track the broad U.S. equities market and estimate market value changes. More information about the Wilshire 5000 can be found at www.wilshire.com/indexinfo