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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2012
The process of updating company classifications continued.
Seventy Index constituents were replaced during 1989, mostly as a result of takeovers, not quite a record. Only 46 replaced them, reflecting the difficulty in finding suitable new non-industrial constituents. The Mining Finance group was discontinued, but Engineering–Aerospace and Water were introduced. Shipping & Transport was renamed Transport.