2011年4月9日星期六

Apple Cup of the Nasdaq-100 index weighting; Microsoft has raised

April 05, 2011, 9: 49 am EDT by Kana Nishizawa and Alexis Xydias

(Adds commercial stocks in the fifth paragraph, seventh, eighth cast ETF gains).

April 5 (Bloomberg) - weighting of Apple Inc. in the Nasdaq-100 index was cut as the technology-heavy equity gauge had its first major redesign since 1998 to better reflect the values of the business market. The manufacturer of the iPhone fell in New York representation of Apple trade will be reduced to 1233 may 2 20,49% index %, Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. says in a slide show on his website today, after the previous rules has caused his weight to grow disproportionately. The amount of the measure attributed to Microsoft Corp. and Oracle will more than double.Apple weighting in the gauge is currently six times more than the second largest constituent grand, based in Redmond, Washington Microsoft, while its market value is only 46 per cent more, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. "Adjusted rules members from their respective position in the index caused stocks to lose their"alignment to their actual capitalization on the market,"stated the presentation"."It would probably affect international funds, given that Apple is a so big business around the world," said Tim Schroeders, a money manager Melbourne to Pengana Capital Ltd., which manages approximately $ 1 billion. "Passive funds in particular will be forced to re-weight in these stocks that have had increases in percentages, and in the short-term we will see some pressure sale on Apple".Apple Apple based in FallsCupertino, California, fell by 1% to $337.77 at 9: 44 pm in New York. The Nasdaq-100 dragged 0.2% to 2, 328.85.Apple became technology company more valuable to the world as consumers snap of gadgets, including the iPhone and the iPad tablet computer. While analysts believe that the company can keep posting growth of sales of more than 50 percent over the next two years, sick of founder Steve Jobs since January as he battles a rare form of cancer has raises concerns future products can not not the edge of the previous offers.The market capitalization of Apple jumped to 332 billion to $ 2.1 billion in 1998, according to Bloomberg data as net income surged to $ 309 million $ 14 billion. Alan Hely, a spokesman for Apple to London, has refused to comment on contacted by Bloomberg News today.ETFs, funds negotiated mutual FundsExchange and mutual funds, the Nasdaq-100 of follow-up will have to sell shares of Apple to account for the changing composition of the index. Managers of the Powershares QQQ Trust, an ETF that attempts to reflect the tonnage, must sell approximately 2 billion dollars in shares of the company to adjust to change, according to calculations by Bloomberg.Les changes will make the Nasdaq-100 une more attractive measure of U.S. equities, according to Jacques Porta, who helps oversee about 400 million dollars in stock to the FIO heritage in Paris. "It is no good to have your funds compared with an index where so much is concentrated"in a stock, says. "You cannot manage risk if there is no diversification, especially if the volatility increases."The weighting for Microsoft, which has a market value of 214.7 billion, will be given to 8.32 per cent, showed the Nasdaq slides. Oracle will be lifted to 3.32% to 6.68%. Microsoft rose 2.2 percent to $26.11 in exchange for New York, while Oracle Advanced 0.3 per cent of $34.25.Cisco, Intel WeightingsThe representation of Cisco Systems Inc., the provider based in San Jose, California from networking productsthe data will be increased to 3.66% of 1.56%. Intel Corp. will be raised to 4.2% to 1.75%. Cisco won 1.1% to $17.24 in trade prior to marketing, while Intel rose 1.2% to $19.73.Qualcomm Inc. fell to 0.7 per cent to $52.74. Producer in the world of mobile phone chips will have its weight reduced to 3.48% of 5%, showed slides. The representation of Starbucks Corp., most large operator of coffee-shop in the world, will drop to 1.08% of 1.79%. Shares slid 1.3% to $36.25.In total, 82 of 100 titles index will drop in weight, said of the presentation.

-With the help of Cornelius Rahn in Frankfurt. Editors: Andrew Rummer, Darren Boey

To contact the reporters on this story: Kana Nishizawa in Tokyo at the knishizawa5@bloomberg.net; Alexis Xydias in London at axydias@bloomberg.net.

To contact the responsible editors of this story: Darren Boey to dboey@bloomberg.net; Andrew Rummer at arummer@bloomberg.net.


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