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Halter USX China Index Up Over 6.5% in May 2004
06/02/04
DALLAS, June 2 /PRwire-FirstCall/ -- For the month of May, the Halter USX China Index ("^USXC") increased 6.55%. During the same period, the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 0.36%, Nasdaq was up 3.47 and the Shanghai index was down 2.49%.
The biggest gainer within the Halter USX China Index during May was Sina Corporation (Nasdaq: SINA), which increased 27.09% while the biggest decliner was Peak International (Nasdaq: PEAK), down 17.19%.
^USXC can be quoted on Reuters, Bloomberg, Thomson Financial Network as well as secondary information providers such as Yahoo Finance. To be included in the Halter USX China Index, companies must meet the following criteria:
-- The majority of their business is conducted in China.
-- Their common stock is traded on a major U.S. exchange.
-- Each company's market capitalization is more than $50 million.
-- The company is approved by The Halter USX China Index selection Committee,
which considers additional factors such as float, liquidity and
business fundamentals of all existing and potential constituents
The following 38 public companies now comprise the Halter USX China Index:
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (NYSE: ACH)
ASAT Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: ASTT)
AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASIA)
Beijing Yanhua Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (NYSE: BYH)
Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: CBA)
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Ltd. (NYSE: CEA)
China Mobile Hong Kong Ltd. (NYSE: CHL)
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (NYSE: CEO)
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec) (NYSE: SNP)
China Southern Airlines Company Ltd. (NYSE: ZNH)
China Telecom Corporation Ltd (NYSE: CHA)
China Unicom Ltd (NYSE: CHU)
Ctrip.com (Nasdaq: CTRP)
China Yuchai International Ltd. (NYSE: CYD)
Chinadotcom Corporation (Nasdaq: CHINA)
Chindex International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHDX)
Deswell Industries Inc (Nasdaq: DSWL)
Guangshen Railway Co Ltd (NYSE: GSH)
HuaNeng Power International, Inc. (NYSE: HNP)
INTAC International (Nasdaq: INTN)
Jilin Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. (NYSE: JCC)
China Life Insurance Co Ltd (NYSE: LFC)
Linktone Ltd (Nasdaq: LTON)
Nam Tai Electronics Inc (NYSE: NTE)
Netease.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTES)
Peak Intl Ltd (Nasdaq: PEAK)
PetroChina Co. Ltd. (NYSE: PTR)
Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. (Nasdaq: XING)
Radica Games Ltd (Nasdaq: RADA)
Sina Corporation (Nasdaq: SINA)
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemcial Co. Ltd. (NYSE: SHI)
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (NYSE: SMI)
Sohu.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOHU)
Tom Online Inc (Nasdaq: TOMO)
UTStarcom Inc (Nasdaq: UTSI)
Webzen Inc (Nasdaq: WZEN)
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YZC)
Zindart Ltd (Nasdaq: ZNDT)
The Halter USX China Index is the only index in the world devoted exclusively to Chinese-focused public companies traded on U.S. stock exchanges.
For more information on the Halter USX China Index, go to www.USXChinaIndex.com.
For further information, please contact: Patricia Marks, Vice President, patricia@ctapr.com,
or Carl Thompson, Principal, carl@ctapr.com, both of CTA Public Relations,
+1-303-665-4200, for Halter USX China Index.
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