S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes to the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Results of the Quarterly Review of the S&P/TSX Composite Index

TORONTO, Dec. 11, 2015 /CNW/ - S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices after the close of trading on Friday, December 18, 2015:

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Kinaxis Inc.	KXS
New Flyer Industries Inc.	NFI	Industrials
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Bankers Petroleum Ltd.	BNK	Energy
Newalta Corporation	NAL	Energy
Pacific Exploration and Production Corp.	PRE	Energy
Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd.	PPY	Energy

Changes to the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also affect the S&P/TSX Capped Composite and Equal Weight Composite Indices.  Stocks added to or removed from the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also be added to or removed from the appropriate Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sector index.

S&P/TSX GLOBAL GOLD INDEX

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. ADR	HMY	NYSE
Rubicon Minerals Corporation	RMX	TSX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Arch Coal Inc.	ACI	NYSE
Century Aluminum Company	CENX	NASDAQ
Cloud Peak Energy Inc.	CLD	NYSE
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. ADR	HMY	NYSE
Hi-Crush Partners LP	HCLP	NYSE
Horsehead Holding Corp.	ZINC	NASDAQ
Natural Resource Partners LP	NRP	NYSE
Peabody Energy Corporation	BTU	NYSE
Rubicon Minerals Corporation	RMX	TSX
Sherritt International Corporation	S	TSX
Westmoreland Coal Company	WLB	NASDAQ

S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS INDEX

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Century Aluminum Company	CENX	NASDAQ
Hi-Crush Partners LP	HCLP	NYSE
Horsehead Holding Corp.	ZINC	NASDAQ
Sherritt International Corporation	S	TSX

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE DIVIDEND INDEX

	ADDITIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
Element Financial Corporation		EFN
New Flyer Industries Inc.		NFI
DELETIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
Husky Energy Inc.		HSE
Newalta Corporation		NAL
Penn West Petroleum Ltd.		PWT

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX

	ADDITIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
Boardwalk REIT		BEI.UN
Brookfield Property Partners LP		BPY.UN
Dominion Diamond Corporation		DDC
Nevsun Resources Ltd.		NSU
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.		PEY
DELETIONS
Issue Name		Symbol
Husky Energy Inc.		HSE
Pengrowth Energy Corporation		PGF
Rogers Communications Inc.		RCI.B
Transcontinental Inc.		TCL.A
Trinidad Drilling Ltd.		TDG

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE HIGH BETA INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Concordia Healthcare Corp.	CXR
Ensign Energy Services Inc.	ESI
Husky Energy Inc.	HSE
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corporation	LIF
Sierra Wireless Inc.	SW
Yamana Gold Inc.	YRI
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Avigilon Corporation	AVO
Bankers Petroleum Ltd.	BNK
Newalta Corporation	NAL
Pacific Exploration & Production Corporation	PRE
Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd.	PPY
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.	PEY

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE LOW VOLATILITY INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.	BAM.A
Brookfield Property Partners LP	BPY.UN
Metro Inc.	MRU
Saputo Inc.	SAP
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Dollarama Inc.	DOL
Fortis Inc.	FTS
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.	MFI
Toromont Industries Ltd.	TIH

S&P/TSX HIGH INCOME ENERGY INDEX

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Husky Energy Inc.	HSE
Newalta Corporation	NAL
Penn West Petroleum Ltd.	PWT

S&P/TSX 60 FOSSIL FUEL FREE INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Dollarama Inc.	DOL

ANNUAL S&P/TSX 60 CARBON EFFICIENT INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.	ATD.B
Constellation Software Inc.	CSU
Dollarama Inc.	DOL
Franco-Nevada Corporation	FNV
Inter Pipeline Ltd.	IPL

S&P/TSX 60 CARBON EFFICIENT SELECT INDEX

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Agrium Inc.	AGU
ARC Resources Ltd.	ARX
EnCana Corporation	ECA
Yamana Gold Inc.	YRI
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Barrick Gold Corporation	ABX
Bombardier Inc. B SV	BBD.B
Gildan Activewear Inc.	GIL
Magna International Inc.	MG

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Tony North, Director, Canadian Index Operations, S&P Dow Jones Indices, (+) 416 507 3204, [email protected]; David Blitzer, Managing Director and Chairman of the Index Committee, S&P Dow Jones Indices, (+) 212 438 3907, [email protected]