Tuesday, May 22, 2007

S&P 500 to add MEMC, drop Kinder Morgan

(Reuters) - Shares of companies joining the S&P 500 often rise because
many investors try to track the index and are required to buy
shares of companies that enter it.




MEMC shares closed Tuesday up 84 cents at $57.43 on the New
York Stock Exchange. They rose $1.82, or 3.2 percent, to $59.25
in after-hours electronic trading following S&P's
announcement.


Read more at Reuters.com Mergers News

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