Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

TORONTO , Dec. 30 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:

    
    -   Cameco Corporation (TSX:CCO) has announced the closing of a bought-
        deal offering of shares of Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX:CG). Following the
        transaction, Cameco will have disposed of its entire stake in
        Centerra. The relative weight of Centerra will increase in the
        S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Completion and
        Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity and the
        S&P/TSX Capped Materials indices to reflect the increase in index
        shares as part of the transaction, which will be effective after the
        close of trading on Thursday, December 31, 2009.
    

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