NEW YORK, April 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced the launch of the OTCQX® Billion+ Index (.OTCQXBIL), a new benchmark for tracking the performance of OTCQX companies with market capitalizations of $1 billion and greater.
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The OTCQX Billion+ Index, currently comprised of 71 companies from 21 countries, is designed to highlight for investors the many large-cap, investor-friendly companies traded on the OTCQX Best Marketplace. The Index is market capitalized-weighted and calculated on a total return and price return basis. To be eligible, companies must be traded on OTCQX and meet a minimum liquidity screen.
"Many of the world's largest companies have chosen to offer their investors transparent and trusted trading on our OTCQX Best marketplace," said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of OTC Markets Group. "With the launch of our OTCQX Billion+ Index, investors now have a tool for measuring the performance of these strongly capitalized global champions."
The current OTCQX Billion+ Index constituents are:
| adidas A.G. |
ADDYY |
| Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi |
AKBTY |
| Akzo Nobel N.V. |
AKZOY |
| Allianz SE |
AZSEY |
| AXA |
AXAHY |
| Balfour Beatty Plc |
BAFYY |
| BASF Se |
BASFY |
| BG Group Plc |
BRGYY |
| BNP Paribas |
BNPQY |
| Bombardier Inc. |
BDRBF |
| Sky PLC |
SKYAY |
| C&C Group PLC |
CCGGY |
| Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. |
COSWF |
| Cielo S.A. |
CIOXY |
| Commercial International Bank Ltd. |
CIBEY |
| Concordia Healthcare Corp. |
CHEHF |
| Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. |
CYRBY |
| Danone |
DANOY |
| Deutsche Lufthansa A.G. |
DLAKY |
| Deutsche Telekom A.G. |
DTEGY |
| E.ON S.E. |
EONGY |
| easyJet PLC |
ESYJY |
| Estacio Participacoes S.A. |
ECPCY |
| Experian PLC |
EXPGY |
| Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. |
FSUGY |
| Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA |
FSNUY |
| Gazprom Neft |
GZPFY |
| Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. De C.V. |
GBOOY |
| Heineken Holding N.V. |
HKHHY |
| Heineken N.V. |
HEINY |
| Home Retail Group PLC |
HMRTY |
| IG Group Holdings PLC |
IGGHY |
| Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. |
IMPUY |
| Imperial Tobacco Group PLC |
ITYBY |
| Infineon Technologies A.G. |
IFNNY |
| Interconexion Electrica S.A. E.S.P. - ISA |
IESFY |
| JBS S.A. |
JBSAY |
| RusHydro JSC |
RSHYY |
| K Plus S A.G. |
KPLUY |
| Kingfisher PLC |
KGFHY |
| Koninklijke Ahold N.V. |
AHONY |
| Kroton Educacional S.A. |
KROTY |
| Localiza Rent A Car S.A. |
LZRFY |
| Marks & Spencer Group PLC |
MAKSY |
| Metso Corp. |
MXCYY |
| MRV Engenharia e Participacoes S.A. |
MRVNY |
| Norsk Hydro ASA |
NHYDY |
| OCI N.V. |
OCINY |
| ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. |
PFSCF |
| Publicis Groupe S.A. |
PUBGY |
| Qantas Airways Ltd. |
QABSY |
| Repsol S.A. |
REPYY |
| Rexam PLC |
REXMY |
| Roche Holdings Ltd. |
RHHBY |
| Rostelecom |
ROSYY |
| Royal DSM N.V. |
RDSMY |
| Severn Trent PLC |
STRNY |
| Shiseido |
SSDOY |
| Stora Enso Oyj |
SEOAY |
| Tate & Lyle, PLC |
TATYY |
| Technicolor |
TCLRY |
| Technip |
TKPPY |
| TransForce Inc. |
TFIFF |
| Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S. |
TKGBY |
| UPM-Kymmene Corp. |
UPMKY |
| Volkswagen A.G. |
VLKAY |
| Volkswagen A.G. |
VLKPY |
| Wacoal Holdings Corp. |
WACLY |
| Wal-Mart De Mexico S.A.B. de C.V. |
WMMVY |
| Wolseley PLC |
WOSYY |
| Yamaha Corp. |
YAMCY |
| Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. |
ZURVY |
The base date of the OTCQX Billion+ Index is April 1, 2015, and the base index level is 1,000. The Index divisor is adjusted on an ongoing basis to maintain the continuity of the index return through time. The Index is reviewed on a quarterly basis for additions, adjustments, and shares changes over 5% during the months of March, June, September and December.
Index data is priced in real-time and is available on the OTC Markets Group website, www.otcmarkets.com, and via major financial data services and websites such as Bloomberg, Reuters and FT.com.
Investors cannot invest directly in the OTCQX Billion+ Index.
OTC Markets Group Inc. provides no advice, recommendation or endorsement with respect to any company or securities. Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities.
About OTC Markets Group Inc.
OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces for 10,000 U.S. and global securities. Through our OTC Link® ATS, we directly link a diverse network of broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services for a wide spectrum of securities. We organize these securities into marketplaces to inform investors of opportunities and risks: the OTCQX® Best Marketplace; the OTCQB® Venture Marketplace; and the OTC Pink® Open Marketplace. Our data-driven platform enables investors to easily trade through the broker of their choice at the best possible price and empowers a broad range of companies to improve the quality and availability of information for their investors. To learn more about how we create better informed and more efficient financial marketplaces, visit www.otcmarkets.com.
OTC Link ATS is operated by OTC Link LLC, member FINRA/SIPC and SEC regulated ATS.
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