Three New Coal Stocks Added; One Stock Deleted from Stowe Global Coal Index in Quarterly Rebalancing

The Stowe Global Coal Index (ticker: COAL) will add three new components, effective 6:00 PM (EST) Sunday, September 21, 2008. One stock will be deleted from the index, changing the number of index components to 43. The changes result from the index's quarterly rebalancing.

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 6, 2008 -- The Stowe Global Coal Index (ticker: COAL) will add three new components, effective 6:00 PM (EST) Sunday, September 21, 2008. One stock will be deleted from the index, changing the number of index (www.stowecoalindex.com) components to 43. The changes result from the index's quarterly rebalancing. Additions to COAL are:

Synthesis Energy Systems Inc. (ticker: SYMX)

Adaro Energy PT (ticker: ADRO IJ)

Aquila Resources Limited (ticker: AQA AU)

The deletion from COAL is:

BANPU (ticker: BANPU TB)

A complete list of constituents and weights will be posted on the Stowe Global Coal Index web-site at http://stowe.snetglobalindexes.com/about_the_indexes.php.

The Stowe Global Coal Index is a capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index (www.stowecoalindex.com) of the most prominent coal stocks in the world. To be included in the COAL (www.stowecoalindex.com) index, stocks must pass multiple screens, including for capitalization, float, exchange listing, share price and turnover.

Detailed information, including constituent data, rules and price information, on the Stowe Global Coal Index is available at www.stowecoalindex.com. Data is also available through most vendors of financial data.

Index: Stowe Global Coal Index (USD)

Ticker: COAL

Index: Stowe Global Coal Index (EUR)

Ticker: COALE

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