** Middlesex Water Co MSEX.O shares up >10% at record high
$94.25 premarket as co set to join S&P SmallCap 600 index
.SPCY
** MSEX to join SPCY prior to market open on Thurs, July 15
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** Co to replace diagnostic test maker Luminex Corp
LMNX.O , which is being acquired by Italy's DiaSorin DIAS.MI
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** MSEX provides water and wastewater related services in
New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania
** Co has market cap of ~$1.5 bln, per Refinitiv data
** Shares up ~18% YTD vs SPCY's 22% advance
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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