Datadog surges after placement on S&P 500

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Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) leaped 9% during post-market trading on Wednesday after it was revealed the company will replace Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR) on the S&P 500 Index (SP500).

The change becomes effective on July 9. Juniper was removed due to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (