Mergent, Inc. Announces Quarterly Rebalancing of HealthShares(TM) Indexes

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Mergent, Inc., administrator for the HealthShares(TM) Indexes, a series of 5 underlying indexes for the HealthShares(TM) Exchange Traded Funds, today announced the quarterly rebalancing of the Indexes. This is the first rebalance of the funds reflecting the revised Index Methodologies. The following securities will be added and deleted in the Indexes effective before the opening of trading on NYSE Arca on October 21, 2008. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080204/CLM073LOGO ) HealthShares(TM) Cancer Index (HHK) Drop NEUROSEARCH A/S (OMX Nordic Exchange Copenhagen: NEUR) Add ARIAD PHARMACEUTICALS INC (NASDAQ: ) HealthShares(TM) European Drugs Index (HRJ) Drop SCHWARZ PHARMA AG (Frankfurt, Germany: SRZ GR) PRONOVA BIOPHARMA (Oslo, Norway: PRON) Add BTG (London Main Market, U.K.: BGC)... [read full story]