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

TORONTO, Dec. 10 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index Review.  These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, December 20, 2010:

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	60/Completion	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Air Canada	AC.B	Completion	Industrials
Capstone Mining Corp.	CS	Completion	Materials, Div. Metals & Mining
Denison Mines Corp.	DML	Completion
Dollarama Inc.	DOL	Completion	Consumer Discretionary
Dundee Precious Metals Inc.	DPM	Completion	Materials
First Majestic Silver Corp.	FR	Completion	Materials
Flint Energy Services Ltd.	FES	Completion	Energy
Grande Cache Coal Corp.	GCE	Completion	Materials, Div. Metals & Mining
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.	KGI	Completion	Materials
Neo Material Technologies Inc.	NEM	Completion	Materials
TransGlobe Energy Corporation	TGL	Completion	Energy
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	60/Completion	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Questerre Energy Corporation	QEC	Completion	Energy

Changes to the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also affect the S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index.  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 - DECEMBER 2010 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Crocodile Gold Corp.	CRK	TSX
Intrepid Mines Limited	IAU	TSX
Keegan Resources Inc.	KGN	TSX
Sulliden Gold Corporation Ltd.	SUE	TSX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX - DECEMBER 2010 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Augusta Resource Corporation	AZC	TSX
Avalon Rare Metals Inc.	AVL	TSX
Baja Mining Corp.	BAJ	TSX
Breakwater Resources Ltd.	BWR	TSX
Cline Mining Corporation	CMK	TSX
Cloud Peak Energy Inc.	CLD	NYSE
Copper Mountain Mining Corporation	CUM	TSX
Crocodile Gold Corp.	CRK	TSX
ECU Silver Mining Inc.	ECU	TSX
Endeavour Silver Corp.	EDR	TSX
Gold Resources Corp.	GORO	AMEX
Golden Minerals Company	AUM	TSX
Intrepid Mines Limited	IAU	TSX
Keegan Resources Inc.	KGN	TSX
MAG Silver Corp.	MAG	TSX
Minera Andes Inc.	MAI	TSX
Platinum Group Metals Ltd.	PTM	TSX
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.	SBB	TSX
Sulliden Gold Corporation Ltd.	SUE	TSX
UEX Corporation	UEX	TSX
Uranium Energy Corp.	UEC	AMEX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS INDEX - DECEMBER 2010 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Augusta Resource Corporation	AZC	TSX
Avalon Rare Metals Inc.	AVL	TSX
Baja Mining Corp.	BAJ	TSX
Breakwater Resources Ltd.	BWR	TSX
Cline Mining Corporation	CMK	TSX
Copper Mountain Mining Corporation	CUM	TSX
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.	SBB	TSX

S&P/TSX CANADIAN DIVIDEND ARISTOCRATS INDEX - DECEMBER 2010 - ANNUAL REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Bird Construction Income Fund	BDT.UN
Enbridge Income Fund	ENF.UN
North West Company Fund	NWF.UN
Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI.B
Tim Hortons Inc.	THI

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
AltaGas Ltd.	ALA
Allied Properties REIT	AP.UN
Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund	BA.UN
Bank of Nova Scotia	BNS
CML Healthcare Income Fund	CLC.UN
Canadian Tire Corporation	CTC.A
Cominar REIT	CUF.UN
Canadian Western Bank	CWB
Davis & Henderson Income Fund	DHF.UN
EnCana Corporation	ECA
Great-West Lifeco Inc.	GWO
Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.	IAG
IGM Financial Inc.	IGM
Just Energy Income Fund	JE.UN
Methanex Corporation	MX
Parkland Income Fund	PKI.UN
Power Corporation of Canada	POW
Power Financial Corporation	PWF
RioCan REIT	REI.UN
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc.	RBA
Toronto-Dominion Bank	TD
Uni-Select Inc.	UNS

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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