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By Lu Wang

Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies may have unusual moves in U.S. trading on Dec. 14. Stock symbols are in parentheses.

The following companies will join the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index after the close of trading on Dec. 18:

-- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (CLF US), North America’s largest iron-ore producer

-- Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. (MJN US), maker of Enfamil baby formula

-- Ross Stores Inc. (ROST US), owner of the Ross Dress for Less discount chain

-- SAIC Inc. (SAI US), a defense contractor specializing in computer services

-- Visa Inc. (V US), the world’s biggest electronic payments network

The following stocks will be dropped from the S&P 500:

-- Ciena Corp. (CIEN US), a maker of networking gear

-- Convergys Corp. (CVG US), an operator of customer- service call centers

-- Dynegy Inc. (DYN US), a power producer

-- KB Home (KBH US), a homebuilder

-- MBIA Inc. (MBI US), the largest bond insurer

The following companies will join the Nasdaq-100 Index, which underlies the PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ US) exchange-traded fund, after the close of trading on Dec. 18:

-- BMC Software Inc. (BMC US), a maker of programs that manage mainframes and computer networks

-- Mattel Inc. (MAT US), the world’s biggest toymaker

-- Mylan Inc. (MYL US), a generic drugmaker

-- Qiagen NV (QGEN US), a Dutch biotechnology company

-- SanDisk Corp. (SNDK US), the biggest maker of flash- memory cards used in digital cameras

-- Virgin Media Inc. (VMED US), the U.K.’s second-largest pay-television company

-- Vodafone Group Plc (VOD US), the world’s largest mobile- phone company

GTx Inc. (GTXI US): The developer of a drug to prevent broken bones in prostate-cancer patients said it will cut 28 percent of its staff because of delays in introducing the treatment.

Hansen Medical Inc. (HNSN US): The maker of medical robotics settled litigation against Luna Innovations Inc. (LUNA US) under an agreement that will give Hansen Medical a 9.9 percent stake in Luna and rights to certain Luna technology.

Vail Resorts Inc. (MTN US): The Colorado-based ski resort operator expects more people at its resorts this ski season, Chief Executive Officer Robert Katz said in an interview on CNBC. Lift-ticket sales are up 10 percent, he said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Lu Wang in New York at [e-mail].