FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - The shares of the boron newcomer Schott Pharma will soon be included in the SDax. The syringe and ampoule manufacturer will be included in the index of smaller stocks below the MDax today (Monday, December 18) together with the investment company Mutares and the pump and valve manufacturer KSB. This was announced by the Deutsche Börse subsidiary Stoxx Ltd. on Tuesday evening.

The Xing parent company New Work, the IT security service provider Secunet and the gaming provider Zeal Network will have to leave the index for these three. In the leading Dax index, on the other hand, everything remains the same.

In addition, companies below the Dax will swap places. The real estate specialist Aroundtown, the wafer manufacturer Siltronic and the bottling and packaging equipment manufacturer Krones will move up from the SDax to the MDax for mid-caps. On the other hand, the television group ProSiebenSat.1, the machinery and plant manufacturer Dürr and the industrial recycler Befesa will have to vacate their positions and move down to the SDax.

Such changes are particularly important for funds that replicate indices in real terms (physically replicating ETFs). They then have to rebalance accordingly, which can have an impact on share prices./ck/ngu/bek