In the FTSE/Xinhua A50 Index, China Railway Construction (A Share, 601186), Zijin Mining Group (A Share, 601899), Qinghai Salt Lake Potash (A Share, 000792) and ZTE (A Share, 000063) will be added to the index to replace Western Mining (A Share, 601168), Poly Real Estate Group (A Share, 600048), Shanghai International Airport (A Share, 600009) and China Southern Airlines (A Share, 600029).
There were no inclusions or exclusions from the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index and FTSE Xinhua B All-Share Index. The quarterly index review also includes changes to the FTSE Xinhua B35, 200, 400, Small Cap, and Provincial Index.
The FTSE Xinhua Index Series is reviewed quarterly in January, April, July and October by an independent index committee, comprising a group of local and international financial market experts.
The index series is widely regarded as the leading measure of the China market by domestic and international investors and is used as the basis of a set of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), and derivative products on exchanges around the world. At the beginning of July 2008, the total assets tracking and benchmarking the index series was USD 134 billion worldwide. -- www.ftse.com
