Great Southern added to Nasdaq community bank index

Great Southern Bancorp Inc. is joining a Nasdaq index for community banks.

The company, traded on the Nasdaq exchange as GSBC, will be added Monday to the Nasdaq OMX American Bankers Association Community Bank Index, following the index's semiannual reranking.

Springfield-based Great Southern is one of seven companies added to the index, which is designed to track bank and thrift performance on the Nasdaq exchange and trades under the symbol ABQI.

The index serves as a benchmark for investment products by encompassing the country's larger and more liquid community banks, according to a Great Southern news release.

Great Southern operates 72 bank branches and more than 200 automated teller machines in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska and manages assets of $3.7 billion.

Shares of company stock closed Tuesday at $21.10, compared to a 52-week range of $8.80 to $24.60.