CrowdStrike, KKR, GoDaddy to join benchmark S&P 500 (updated)

Illumina

07/06/2024 22:57

(Adds details on removal from index, and stock prices)
       June 7 (Reuters) - The S&P Dow Jones Indices said on
Friday that private equity firm KKR & Co  KKR.N , cybersecurity
company CrowdStrike  CRWD.O  and internet services provider
GoDaddy  GDDY.N  will join the benchmark S&P 500  .SPX  before
markets open on June 24.
    Shares of CrowdStrike rose 6% in extended trading. KKR and
GoDaddy climbed 9% and 3.6%, respectively.
    The companies will replace recruitment services firm Robert
Half  RHI.N , U.S. regional lender Comerica  CMA.N  and gene
sequencing machine maker Illumina  ILMN.O  in the index.
        Shares of Robert Half fell 2.2%. Comerica was last down
0.4%, while Illumina was 0.6% lower.
  

 (Reporting by Manya Saini in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)
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