Macy's Inc will be removed from the benchmark S&P 500 stock index , the S&P Dow Jones Indices said on Tuesday, as coronavirus-induced store ...
Macy's Inc will be removed from the benchmark S&P 500 stock index , the S&P Dow Jones Indices said on Tuesday, as coronavirus-induced store closures compound the retail sector's struggles with a shift to online shopping.
FILE PHOTO: A shuttered Macy's store and empty parking lot are seen at the closed Palisades Center shopping mall during the coronavirus outbreak in West Nyack, New York, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File PhotoREUTERS: Macy's Inc will be removed from the benchmark S&P 500 stock index , the S&P Dow Jones Indices said on Tuesday, as coronavirus-induced store closures compound the retail sector's struggles with a shift to online shopping.
The company's shares have plunged more than 70per cent so far this year, leaving Macy's with a market value of US$1.52 billion as of Tuesday's close, according to Refinitiv IBES data."Macy's has a market capitalization more representative of the small-cap market space," S&P said, adding that the company would become part of the S&P small-cap 600 index, effective April 6.
The pandemic has forced U.S. brick-and-mortar retailers, including Macy's Inc and Gap Inc , to shut stores, furlough employees, withdraw forecasts and suspend dividends.Carrier was spun out last month by United Technologies in a bid to shed assets to complete its merger with Raytheon Co .Raytheon will be replaced in the S&P 500 by United Technologies' elevator unit Otis Worldwide Corp , according to a statement from the S&P Dow Jones Indices.
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