Facebook To Join The S&P 100 & 500

(RTTNews) - S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a part of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. (MHFI), on Wednesday announced changes to the S&P 100, S&P 500, MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices, effective after the close of trading on December 20.

S&P said Facebook Inc. (FB) will replace The Williams Companies Inc. (WMB) in the S&P 100, and will replace Teradyne Inc. (TER) in the S&P 500. Teradyne will replace Scholastic Corp. (SCHL) in the S&P MidCap 400, and Scholastic will replace Lincoln Education Services Corp. (LINC) in the S&P SmallCap 600. The Williams Company will remain in the S&P 500.

S&P MidCap 400 constituents Alliance Data Systems Corp. (ADS) and Mohawk Industries Inc. (MHK) will replace Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) and JDS Uniphase Corp. (JDSU) in the S&P 500, and, likewise, Abercrombie & Fitch and JDS Uniphase will replace Alliance Data Systems and Mohawk Industries in the S&P MidCap 400.

S&P SmallCap 600 constituents Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (:ODFL) and Brunswick Corp. (BC) will replace Arch Coal Inc. (ACI) and Regis Corp. (RGS) in the S&P MidCap 400, and likewise, Arch Coal and Regis will replace Old Dominion Freight Line and Brunswick in the S&P SmallCap 600.