| | Bloomberg.com: News & Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | The country's Bel20 Index, whose members account for about 80 percent of the $274 billion Belgian market, has jumped 33 percent in the past 12 months, outpacing the 23 percent gain for the pan-European Dow Jones Stoxx 50 Index. |
 | | Five more Bel20 members may be expelled from the Bel20 next year when new exchange rules take effect, and none of the other 160 companies listed on the Brussels exchange are big enough to fill the gaps. |
 | | Euronext set a minimum requirement that stocks in the Bel20 have a free-float market value equal to at least the closing point level of the Bel20, multiplied by 500,000 euros. |
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