S&P: Idexx replacing Getty in MidCap 400; Balchem into SmallCap 600

SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Standard&Poors said late Monday Idexx Laboratories Inc. will replace Getty Images Inc. in the S&P MidCap 400, and Balchem Corp. will replace Idexx in the S&P SmallCap 600. Getty Images is being taken private by Hellman&Friedman LLC. Shares of Westbrook, Maine-based Idexx, a maker of detection and information systems for veterinary, food and water testing applications, closed at $48.74. Shares of Hew Hampton, N.Y.-based Balchem, a maker of products for the food, feed and medical sterilization industries, closed at... [read full story]