Saylor’s MicroStrategy Scores Again With Nasdaq 100 Addition
- Illumina and Super Micro will also leave tech-heavy index
- Changes are effective prior to market open on Dec. 23
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MicroStrategy Inc., the dot-com-era software maker whose metamorphosis into a leveraged bet on Bitcoin has transfixed Wall Street, is joining the Nasdaq 100 Index, the benchmark’s overseer said Friday. Software company Palantir Technologies Inc. and Axon Enterprise Inc., a maker of Tasers and police body cameras, will also be added.
Illumina Inc., Super Micro Computer Inc. and Moderna Inc. will be removed from the Nasdaq 100. The changes will be effective prior to market open on Monday, Dec. 23.