First Business to join Russell 2000

First Business Financial Services, Inc. expects to join the Russell 2000 Index on June 27. The index of the nation’s largest 4,000 companies will help expose First Business to investors and the financial community. At the same time, the company expects to remain in the Russell Microcap Index, representing the smallest 2,000 of the 4,000 largest U.S. companies in the Russell U.S. indexes. As of May 31, First Business Financial Services had a market capitalization valued at $181 million, a 56% increase over May 31, 2013.