NEW YORK - Six companies in the technology sector are being to be added to the Russell 1000 in this year's reconstitution of the large-stock index, while three in the sector are being removed.
Ansys Inc., Equinix Inc., Flir Systems Inc., Nuance Communications Inc., ON Semiconductor Corp. and SAIC Inc. are being added to the Russell 1000, all moving up from the small-stock Russell 2000.
Riverbed Technology Inc., Sanmina-SCI Corp. and Verifone Holdings Inc. are being removed from the Russell 1000 and moving to the small-stock Russell 2000.
Tacoma, Wash.-based Russell Investments realigns the Russell 3000 index once per year, tracking what it says is 99 percent of the U.S. equity market. That index is then broken down to 26 smaller indexes, including the widely watched Russell 1000 index of large-capitalization stocks.
The makeup of the Russell indexes for the next 12 months was finalized after the closing bell Friday.

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