Halter USX China Index Up 51.3% for 2006 and Adds New Constituents.DALLAS -- For the fourth quarter and for the year 2006, the Halter USX China Index (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :HXC) was up 30.28% and 51.30% respectively. During the same period (fourth quarter and year end), the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. increased 6.71% and 16.29% respectively and the 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 was up 6.95% and 9.52% respectively. HXC is pleased to announce the inclusion of 3 new constituents to its existing index of China-focused, U.S. listed companies including: * SORL Auto Parts, Inc (NASDAQ:SORL) engages in the manufacturing and distribution of automotive air brake valves and related components for commercial vehicles. * Mindray Medical International Limited (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MR) engages in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of medical devices in China, offering approximately 40 products through its two segments: Patient Monitoring Devices, Diagnostic Laboratory Instruments. * New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE:EDU) provides private educational services and products including foreign language training, test preparation courses, primary and secondary school education, development and distribution of educational content and software and online education. It was also announced that International DisplayWorks, Inc. has been dropped from the Index due to a recent buyout. On November 28, 2006 IDWK announced that its stockholders had approved contract electronics maker Flextronics International Ltd.'s proposed acquisition of the company at a special meeting. About the Halter USX China Index The Index, created by the Halter Financial Group and calculated and distributed by the AMEX, is comprised of companies whose common stock is publicly traded in the United States and the majority of whose business is conducted within the People's Republic of China. The Halter USX China Index was created in response to the unique economic opportunities taking place in China, as well as the current dynamics in the United States capital United States capital may mean:
Similar to an index mutual fund, these tracking stocks trade continuously. Two popular ETFs are the Standard and Poor's depositary receipt (SPDR) launched in 1993 and the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock (QQQ) which was launched in 1999. (ETF ETF See Exchange Traded Fund. ETF See exchange-traded fund (ETF). ), the PowerShares Golden Dragon Halter USX China Portfolio (AMEX:PGJ) or by purchasing an actively managed mutual fund, the Halter Pope USX China Fund (AMEX:HPCHX). For more information please visit www.usxchinaindex.com. The following 58 public companies currently comprise the Halter USX China Index: 51 Job, Inc. (NASDAQ:JOBS) Actions Semiconductor Co (NASDAQ:ACTS) Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (NYSE:ACH) ASAT Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ:ASTT) AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASIA) Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:CBA See Capital Builder Account. ) China Automotive Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CAAS) China BAK Bak Bak A member of the bcl-2 family expressed in a wide range of cells which, when overexpressed in NGF-deprived sympathetic neurons accelerates apoptosis, and counteracts Bcl-2's apoptosis-protecting effects. See Bcl-2. Battery, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBAK) China Eastern Airlines China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (Simplified Chinese: 中国东方航空股份有限公司) (SSE: B>600115 Corporation Ltd. (NYSE:CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) ) China Finance Online (NASDAQ:JRJC) China Medical Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMED) China Mobile Hong Kong Ltd. (NYSE:CHL CHL crown-heel length. ) China National Offshore Oil Corp. (NYSE:CEO) China Netcom Group Corporation (NYSE:CN) China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec) (NYSE:SNP) China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空公司) (SEHK: 1055, NYSE: ZNH) is an airline based in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. Company Ltd. (NYSE:ZNH) China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology Limited (NASDAQ:CNTF) China Telecom Corporation Ltd (NYSE:CHA) China Unicom Ltd (NYSE:CHU) China Yuchai International Ltd. (NYSE:CYD) Chinadotcom Corporation (NASDAQ:CHINA) China Life Insurance Co Ltd (NYSE:LFC) Comtech Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:COGO) Ctrip.com (NASDAQ:CTRP) Deswell Industries Inc (NASDAQ:DSWL) eLong (NASDAQ:LONG) Focus Media Holding Ltd. (NASDAQNM:FMCN) Guangshen Railway Co Ltd (NYSE:GSH) HuaNeng Power International, Inc. (NYSE:HNP) Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:HRAY) INTAC International (NASDAQ:INTN) KongZhong Corporation (NASDAQ:KONG) Linktone Ltd (NASDAQ:LTON) Mindray Medical International Limited (NYSE:MR) Nam Tai Electronics Inc (NYSE:NTE) Netease.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTES) New Dragon Asia New Dragon Asia Corporation is a AMEX listed Chinese company engaged in the milling, sale and distribution of flour and related products, including instant noodles, to retail and commercial customers throughout China. Corp. (AMEX:NWD) New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE:EDU) Ninetowns Digital World Trade Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NINE) Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ:SEED) Pacificnet Inc. (NASDAQ:PACT) PetroChina Co. Ltd. (NYSE:PTR) Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. (NASDAQ:XING) Radica Games Ltd (NASDAQ:RADA) Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd (NASDAQ:SNDA) Sina Corporation (NASDAQ:SINA) Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (NYSE:SHI) Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (NYSE:SMI) Sinovac Biotech, Ltd. (AMEX:SVA) Sohu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHU) SORL Auto Parts, Inc (NASDAQ:SORL) Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE:STP) The9 Limited (NASDAQ:NCTY) Tiens Biotech Group Tiens Biotech Group USA Inc., Ticker (TBV), operates primarily through its China-based subsidiary Tiens Biological Development CO. Ltd. Tiens Biological has developed and produced seven major product series, of which six comprise nutrition supplement products, and the seventh (AMEX:TBV) Tom Online Inc (NASDAQ:TOMO) UTStarcom Inc (NASDAQ:UTSI) Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (NYSE:YZC) The information in this news release includes certain forward-looking statements that are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including statements to the future financial performance of the Company. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any of its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful performance of internal plans, product development and acceptance, the impact of competitive services and pricing, or general economic risks and uncertainties. |
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