Satyam replaced by other stocks on indices

09 January 2009

With Satyam's fall from grace, the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange will replace Satyam on all major indices.  

BSE will replace Satyam Computer with Sun Pharmaceutical in its benchmark index Sensex with effect from 12 January 2009 .     

Satyam would also be removed from various other indices like BSE-100, BSE 200, BSE-500 and BSE Tech and BSE IT index the exchange said in a statement.

GlaxoSmithkline Pharmaceuticals would replace Satyam in the BSE 100 index, while the IT firm would be replaced by Castrol India in the BSE 200 index. Meanwhile, Cadila Healthcare has replaced Satyam Computer in the BSE-500 index.     

The National Stock Exchange has removed Satyam from Nifty and various other indices like the CNX 100, S&P CNX 500, CNX IT and the CNX Services sector index.

The NSE removed Satyam from its benchmark index Nifty on Wednesday and the IT firm will be replaced by Reliance Capital with effect from 12 January 2009.