Mumbai, Nov. 20: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today announced that Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone and Asian Paints will be included in the 30-share BSE Sensex, effective December 21.

These two stocks will replace Vedanta and Hindalco.

NHPC, Jaiprakash Associates and Unitech will be dropped from the BSE 100 index and the S&P BSE Carbonex. Various changes have been made to other BSE indices. The BSE 100 will see the inclusion of Britannia Industries, Bharti Infratel and Motherson Sumi Systems.

Around nine companies will be replaced in the BSE 200 index, while 22 will be excluded from BSE 500. Muthoot Finance, Unitech and IFCI will be excluded from BSE 200, while IDFC, Pfizer India and Adani Enterprises will be included.

Reliance Industrial Infrastructure and Financial Technologies India would be moved out of BSE 500, while SpiceJet among others will be included.