Annual Changes to the NASDAQ-100 Index
The following three companies will be added to the Index: American Airlines Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:AAL), Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq:EA) and Lam Research Corporation (Nasdaq:LRCX).
As a result of the revision in the index methodology allowing multiple share classes of index participants to be included in the index, the following three securities will also be added to the index: Comcast Corporation Class A Special (Nasdaq:CMCSK), Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B (Nasdaq:FOX) and Liberty Global plc Class C (Nasdaq:LBTYK).
The NASDAQ-100 Index is composed of
the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market® and dates to
On a cumulative price return basis, the NASDAQ-100 Index has returned almost 3,140% since inception, although past performance is not indicative of future performance.
The NASDAQ-100 Index is the basis of the
As a result of the re-ranking, the following three companies will be removed from the Index: Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq:EXPE), F5 Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFIV) and Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:MXIM).
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