** IT services firm Netscout Systems NTCT.O up 12.9% to
$31.92, while medical equipment supplier Invacare Corp IVC.N
falls 9.3% to $4.37 on Tues amid S&P index changes
** Kyndryl Holdings Inc KD.N KD_w.N to join S&P Midcap
400 .IDX effective Fri, Nov 5, as part of its spinoff by IBM
IBM.N in transaction expected to be completed on Nov 4
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** In turn, NTCT will replace IVC in S&P SmallCap 600 index
.SPCY
** "Invacare is no longer representative of the small-cap
market space," S&P Dow Jones said
** IBM last year announced it planned to separate managed
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(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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lance.tupper@tr.com 1-332-219-1430))