** Shares of both Mister Car Wash Inc MCW.N and Leslie's
Inc LESL.O rise ~10%% before the bell as cos set to join S&P
SmallCap 600 .SPCY index
** MCW on course for biggest one-day pct advance since Dec
2021, while LESL could post biggest rise on record, if gains
hold
** MCW to replace ExlService Holdings EXLS.O in SPCY
effective Mon, Oct 3, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced on Fri
** Pool supplies retailer LESL to join the index on Weds,
Sept 26 - S&P Dow Jones
** LESL to replace GCP Applied Technologies Inc GCP.N ,
which is being acquired by France's Compagnie de Saint-Gobian
S.A. SGOB.PA in $2.3 bln deal
** Through Fri close, MCW has fallen ~53%, while LESL has
lost 43%
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@thomsonreuters.com
lance.tupper@tr.com 1-332-219-1430))