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This table reports the companies in the VDPSOHLQILYH\HDUV¶LQWHUYDOVIURPJanuary 1986 (1986m1) to January 2016 (2016m1) and in June 2016 (2016m6) per Market Capitalization Size-Segment (MCSS).

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