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

TORONTO, March 9, 2012 /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, March 19, 2012:

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	60/Completion	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
Argonaut Gold Inc.	AR	Completion	Materials
Gibson Energy Inc.	GEI	Completion
MI Developments Inc.	MIM	Completion	Real Estate
Pretium Resources Inc.	PVG	Completion	Materials
Torex Gold Resources Inc.	TXG	Completion	Materials
Whitecap Resources Inc.	WCP	Completion	Energy

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	60/Completion	Live Composite GICS Sector Index
SouthGobi Resources Ltd.	SGQ	Completion

Note: Data Group Inc. (TSX:DGI) and Carfinco Financial Group Inc. (TSX:CFN) will be added to the S&P/TSX Equity SmallCap Index following their conversions from income trust structures to equity format during the last quarter.

Changes to the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also affect the S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index and the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight 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 - MARCH 2012 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Pretium Resources Inc.	PVG	TSX
Timmins Gold Corp.	TMM	TSX
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Brigus Gold Corp.	BRD	TSX
Claude Resources Inc.	CRJ	TSX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX - MARCH 2012 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
SunCoke Energy Inc.	SXC	NYSE
Timmins Gold Corp.	TMM	TSX
DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
Brigus Gold Corp.	BRD	TSX
Claude Resources Inc.	CRJ	TSX
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.	MPV	TSX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS INDEX - MARCH 2012 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol	Exchange
SunCoke Energy Inc.	SXC	NYSE

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE DIVIDEND INDEX - MARCH 2012 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Gibson Energy Inc.	GEI
MI Developments Inc.	MIM
Stantec Inc.	STN

S&P/TSX EQUITY INCOME INDEX - MARCH 2012 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Gibson Energy Inc.	GEI
MI Developments Inc.	MIM
Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI.B
Telus Corporation	T
TransCanada Corporation	TRP

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Bank of Nova Scotia	BNS
National Bank of Canada	NA
Nordion Inc.	NDN
Royal Bank of Canada	RY

S&P/TSX MEGACAP INDEX - MARCH 2012 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.	VRX

DELETIONS
Issue Name	Symbol
Thomson Reuters Corporation	TRI

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

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For further information:

Tony North
Standard & Poor's
Director, Canadian Index Services
[phone]
[email protected]



David R. Guarino
Standard & Poor's
Communications
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