J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. to Join the NASDAQ-100 Index Beginning February 7, 2017

Tuesday, January 31, 2017 1:05 AM UTC

NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2017 -- Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:JBHT), will become a component of the NASDAQ-100 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX) and the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index (Nasdaq:NDXE) prior to market open on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. will replace NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Nasdaq:NXPI) in the indexes.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas, and has a market capitalization of approximately $11 billion. For more information about the company, go to www.jbhunt.com.

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