S&P Indices Announces Changes to U.S. Index

S&P 500 constituents Eli Lilly

, Anadarko Petroleum

, eBay

, Simon Property Group

, Accenture

and Starbucks

will replace S&P 500 constituents Entergy

, Xerox

, Weyerhaeuser

, Alcoa

, Avon Products

and Sprint Nextel

respectively in the S&P 100 index after the close of trading on Friday, March 16. All companies being removed from the S&P 100 index will remain in the S&P 500 index. All companies being added to the S&P 100 index are more representative of the U.S. mega-cap equity space.