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| | Vedanta, Lonmin, Drax all to be promoted to FTSE 100 index - FTSE Group - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) |
 | | LONDON (AFX) - FTSE Group, the global index provider, has today confirmed miners Vedanta Resources PLC and Lonmin PLC, plus power generator Drax Group PLC will all be promoted to the FTSE 100 index after the latest quarterly review, increasing the number of mining stocks in the blue chip index to eight. |
 | | As a result of the changes, the weighting of the mining sector in the FTSE 100 index will be increased by 0.5 pct to 7.35 pct, according to traders. |
 | | U.S. indexes are delayed at least 15 minutes with the exception of Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 which are 2 minutes delayed. |
| www.forbes.com /markets/feeds/afx/2006/06/07/afx2800000.html (545 words) |
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