Curis Added to Russell 3000[R] and Russell 2000[R] Indexes.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CRIS), a drug development company focused on developing proprietary targeted medicines for cancer treatment, today announced that it was added to the Russell 3000[R] and Russell 2000[R] Indexes when Russell Investment Group Russell Investment Group is an investment firm with global reach, providing investment products and services to individuals and institutions in 44 countries. A pioneer in multi-manager investing, and the creator of Russell Indexes, Russell manages more than US$200 billion in assets reconstituted its family of U.S. indexes after stock market close on June 26, 2009. The Russell family Russell family English Whig family. It first became prominent under the Tudors, when John Russell (died 1555) was created earl of Bedford (1549) for helping suppress a rebellion against the Protestant reforms of Edward VI. of U.S. indexes is designed to be a comprehensive representation of the investable U.S. equity market and is reconstituted annually. The Russell 3000 Index The Russell 3000 Index is a stock market index of US stocks. The ticker is "RUA" or similar. See Russell Indexes page for main discussion. See also the iShares Russell 3000. measures the performance of the largest 3000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98 percent of the investable U.S. equity market. Membership in the Russell 3000 Index results in automatic inclusion in either the large-cap Russell 1000[R] Index or the widely used small-cap Russell 2000. The Russell 2000 Index Russell 2000 Index An index measuring the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which is made up of 3,000 of the biggest U.S. stocks. The Russell 2000 serves as a benchmark for small-cap stocks in the United States. measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe and includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. Russell indexes Russell Indexes US equity index widely used by pension and mutual fund investors that are weighted by market capitalization and published by the Frank Russell Company of Tacoma, Washington. are widely used by managers for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active investment strategies. $4 trillion in assets currently are benchmarked to Russell indexes, and investment managers who oversee these funds purchase shares of member stocks according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. that company's weighting in the particular index. About Curis, Inc. Curis is a drug development company that is committed to leveraging its innovative signaling pathway drug technologies to seek to create new medicines for cancer indications. In expanding its drug development efforts in the field of cancer through its targeted cancer drug development platform, Curis is building upon its previous experiences in targeting signaling pathways for the development of next generation targeted cancer therapies. For more information, visit Curis' website at www.curis.com. |
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