To start trading in index on June 24 (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - New York, 10 Jun - Shares in KKR, CrowdStrike Holdings and GoDaddy were all higher in premarket trading after S&P Dow Jones Indices said the stocks will enter the benchmark S&P 500 this month.

The changes will take effect as of June 24.

Inclusion in the large-cap index typically means big index-tracking funds will buy their shares.

The three companies will replace Robert Half, Comerica and Illumina.

At 1223 GMT private equity giant KKR was up 8%, cybersecurity group CrowdStrike was up 5% while internet services provider GoDaddy was up more than 2%.

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(RADIOCOR) 10-06-24 14:30:06 (0389) 5 NNNN