NEW YORK (AP) - Standard & Poor's, a division of McGraw-Hill Cos., said
Tuesday Southwestern Energy Co. will replace Trane Inc. in the benchmark S&P 500
Index after the close of trading June 5.
Southwestern Energy of Houston explores for and produces gas and oil.
Trane is being acquired by Ingersoll-Rand.
Commerce Bancshares, which provides banking services in Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska, will replace Southwestern Energy in the S&P MidCap 400. The regional
bank in based in Kansas City, Mo.
In addition, Darling International Inc. will replace Performance Food Group
Co. in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Thursday. Performance
Food was acquired by The Blackstone Group. Darling, based in Irving, Texas,
recycles food processing byproducts.
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