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These Four Companies Joined the S&P 500 Today
Shares of Williams-Sonoma rose Monday as it and three other companies were added to the benchmark S&P 500 index before trading opened.
Williams-Sonoma ( WSM ), a retailer whose brands include Pottery Barn and West Elm, was recently up 3.6%. The other three companies joining the index today—DoorDash ( DASH ), Expand Energy ( EXE ) and TKO Group ( TKO )—were ahead nearly 4%, 1.5% and a bit less than 1%, respectively.
Those four companies replaced BorgWarner ( BWA ), Teleflex ( TFX ), Celanese ( CE ) and FMC ( FMC ). The changes were part of a periodic rebalance of the index.
Among other index changes today: Palantir Technologies ( PLTR ), Intuitive Surgical ( ISRG ) and ServiceNow ( NOW ) replaced Dow ( DOW ), Kraft Heinz ( KHC ) and Ford ( F ) in the S&P 100, an index of large American companies, while remaining in the S&P 500.
Stocks
generally rose Monday
amid the latest reevaluation of Trump administration trade policy. The S&P 500 was recently up 1.6%.
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