Fox Corp. to replace Twenty-First Century Fox on S&P 500

Fox Corp. will replace Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. on the S&P 500 ahead of the market's opening bell on Tuesday following Walt Disney Co.'s acquisition of TwentyFirst Century Fox, said S&P Dow Jones Indices Thursday. "For index purposes, S&P DJI considers Fox Corp. to be the surviving entity of Twenty-First Century Fox and therefore both the Class A and Class B common stock lines will continue to be included in the S&P 500," it said in a statement.

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