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S&P 500 Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Sectors
As of October 30, 2009
Number of Cos.
% of Market Capitalization
Consumer Discretionary
78
9.1 %
Consumer Staples
41
11.9 %
Energy
40
12.4 %
Financials
79
14.7 %
Health Care
53
12.6 %
Industrials*
59
10.1%
Information Technology
76
19.0%
Materials
30
3.4 %
Telecommunication Services
9
3.1 %
Utilities
35
3.7%
Industrials (Composite)**
376
79.7 %

*S&P 500 Industrials Sector is part of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).
**S&P 500 Industrials Composite is a continuation of the Industrials that have been published by Standard & Poor's for over 40 years, and is provided in recognition of the fact that it is used by analysts and has a long history. It is not the same as the GICS Industrials Sector.


S&P 500 Exchange Representation
As of October 30, 2009
Number of Cos. % of Market Capitalization
NYSE 408 80.6 %
NASDAQ 92 19.4 %
AMEX 0 0.0 %


S&P 500 Statistics
As of October 30, 2009
 
Total Market Value ($ Billion) 9,124
Mean Market Value ($ Million) 18,248
Median Market Value ($ Million) 7,635
Weighted Ave. Market Value ($ Million) 75,767
Largest Cos. Market Value ($ Million) 344,431
Smallest Cos. Market Value ($ Million) 642
Median Share Price ($) 31.800
P/E Ratio* 137.98
Indicated Dividend Yield (%) 2.09
NM - Not Meaningful

*Based on As Reported Earnings.


Market Coverage
At month-end, the S&P 500 Index represented approximately 77% and the S&P MidCap 400 represented 7% and the S&P SmallCap 600 represented 3% of the market value of S&P's internal database of over 6,223 equities. Combined, the S&P Equity Indices represented 87%.