Lupin, Ultratech to replace SAIL and Sterlite Industries in NSE Benchmark Index

17 Aug 2012 Evaluate

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Sterlite Industries will exit from the NSE benchmark index Nifty, and will be replaced by Birla group firm UltraTech and drugmaker Lupin. According to the changes announced by India Index Services and Products (IISL), an NSE-CRISIL joint venture that maintains Nifty index, SAIL and Sterlite Industries would be excluded and drug maker Lupin and UltraTech Cement would be included in the Nifty index with effect from September 28, 2012.

Similarly, some changes in the sectoral indices of NSE like Infrastructure, IT, Media, MNCs and Pharma will also be witnessed due to the replacement of companies in the Nifty index. Further, changes have also been made in various other indices of NSE such as CNX Nifty Junior Index, CNX 100 Index, CNX 200 Index S&P CNX 500 Index, CNX Midcap Index, CNX Small-cap Index, Nifty Midcap 50 Index, CNX Commodities Index, and CNX Consumption Index.

Meanwhile, coinciding with the NSE changes, MSCI has increased the country's weightage in emerging market index to 6.4% from 6.3%.  The MSCI changes will take effect from September 3 and is likely to entice foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to increase their exposure to Indian stocks. MSCI's change is more material as the lump sum of funds pumped by overseas investors into Indian markets is much larger than what domestic funds allocate to Nifty stocks.

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