OREANDA-NEWS. Fresenius SE & Co KGaA will be included in the EURO STOXX 50 blue-chip index on September 21, 2015. The index update was announced by the Deutsche Börse subsidiary STOXX after the close of trading on Monday night. The EURO STOXX 50 index tracks the share price development of 50 large publicly traded companies, representing various economic sectors, from twelve Eurozone countries.

Fresenius joined Germany’s blue-chip DAX index in March 2009, and has continued to post strong growth since then. Group sales almost doubled from €12.3 billion in 2008 to €23.2 billion in 2014. Over the same period, adjusted Group net income increased from €450 million to €1.086 billion.

Fresenius, which has more than 220,000 employees worldwide, has ambitious growth targets for this year. Group sales for 2015 are expected to rise by 8% to 10% in constant currency, while adjusted Group net income is forecasted to increase by approximately 18% to 21% in constant currency.