Infratil shares jump 4% ahead of ASX 200 inclusion

Infratil's largest investment is Australian data centre business, CDC. (Image: Supplied)

Wed, 16 Jul 2025

Infratil shares jumped out of the gates on Wednesday after the company announced it had been added to Australia’s benchmark stock index.Overnight, S&P Dow Jones announced that it would add the infrastructure investor to its S&P/ASX 200 index, effective July 23, replacing gold company Spartan Resources.By 10:30, Infratil shares were up 4.02% to $11.255 on high volumes, still down from a peak of $13.15 reached in October last year.Infratil said the inclusion was anticipated."We have been tracking this for a while as it&rsq...

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