** Shares of ride-hailing company Uber Technologies UBER.N
rise 5% to $60.3 in extended trading
** UBER set to join S&P 500 index .SPX along with Jabil
JBL.N and Builders FirstSource BLDR.N , effective before
trading opens on Dec. 18
** JBL shares were up 3%, while BLDR shares were up 2% in
extended trading
** UBER, JBL, and BLDR to replace Sealed Air SEE.N , Alaska
Air Group ALK.N , Solaredge Technologies SEDG.O in the index
** Up to last close, UBER stock had risen ~79 this year
(Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru)
((HarshitaMary.Varghese@thomsonreuters.com))