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Airbnb to Join S&P 500

Shares of Airbnb jumped nearly 8% after the news surfaced in the media!

The S&P 500 is getting some new members

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Airbnb news in S&P 500

Airbnb and Blackstone are set to join the S&P 500 before the market opens on Sept. 18 as part of a quarterly rebalance, index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Friday.

Home-sharing company Airbnb has a market cap of more than $84 billion and private-equity giant Blackstone has a market value of about $127 billion, according to FactSet.

  • Shares of Airbnb jumped nearly 8% on Tuesday, while Blackstone shares added roughly 4%.

The two companies will replace Lincoln National and Newell Brands in the S&P 500, the broad index tracking large-cap U.S. stocks. Lincoln National and Newell Brands will move to the S&P SmallCap 600 index at the same time.

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Source:WSJ/Airbnb
Image: Airbnb