Russell 2000 to Add 3 RE-Related Stocks

The stocks of three real-estate-related companies will be added to the Russell 3000 and the Russell 2000 indices on July 1, and two of them will be added to another Russell index.E-Loan Inc., an online mortgage, home equity, and auto lender based in Pleasanton, Calif., and Delta Financial Corp., a nonconforming mortgage lender based in Woodbury, N.Y., are scheduled to be listed on the Russell 3000 Index, the Russell 2000 Index, and the new Russell Microcap Index. (Membership in the Russell 3000 means automatic inclusion in either the large-capitalization Russell 1000 Index or the small-cap Russell 2000, the companies said.) American Retirement Corp., a national provider of senior-living housing and care, will be added to the Russell 3000 and the Russell 2000. The indices are published by Russell Investment Group, Tacoma, Wash., which can be found on the Web at http://www.russell.com