Changes in the S&P

Next week, there will be five new entries on the S&P 500. MGM Resorts will replace Reynolds American, because British American Tobacco is acquiring Reynolds American in a deal expected to be completed next week.

The others are dropping off because their market caps have dropped them down to the S&P MidCap 400 The departing stocks:

• Mallinckrodt 
• Murphy Oil 
• Bed Bath & Beyond 
• Transocean 

Moving up from the S&P MidCap 400 to replace them:

• ResMed 
• Packaging Corporation of America
• A.O. Smith Corp. 
• Duke Realty Corp.