Following the trading session on Mar 21 of 2014, Alior Bank and clothing company LPP will join the Warsaw Stock Exchange's (WSE) blue-chip index WIG20, replacing real-estate developer Globe Trade Centre (GTC) and Citigroup's Bank Handlowy, WSE has announced.
However, GTC and Bank Handlowy will continue to be included in the wider blue-chip index WIG30.
GTC and Bank Handlowy will be included in the line-up of mid-cap index mWIG40, alongside power utility group Energa, furniture manufacturer Forte, pharmaceuticals distributor Neuca and rubber producer Stomil Sanok.
The companies removed from mWIG40 will be: media company Agora, pharmaceuticals distributor Pelion as well as energy companies Petrolinvest and Serinus.
WSE also recalls that as of Mar 24, it will start publication of new mid- and small-cap indexes WIG50 and WIG250, respectively, and it will cease to publish sWIG80, the current small-cap index.
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