UN Unilever NV

Struggling mobile-phone maker Nokia (NOK) and three European banks -- Societe Generale (FR:GLE), Intesa Sanpaolo (IT:ISP) and Unicredit (IT:UCG) -- will be deleted from the Stoxx Europe 50 index, effective on the Sept. 19 open, Stoxx said Wednesday. Unilever (UL), LVMH Moet Hennessy (FR:MC), National Grid (NGG) and Air Liquide (FR:AI) will replace them. Stoxx also changed the Euro Stoxx 50 index -- which only includes companies that trade in euro-area nations -- by adding Volkswagen (DE:VOW3) preference shares and the clothing giant Inditex (ES:ITX) and subtracting conglomerate Alstom (FR:ALO) and French bank Credit Agricole (FR:ACA).

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