The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) NASDAQ OMX Announces August 2008 Market Performance Statistics For U.s. And Nordic Exchanges

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) NASDAQ Continues to Lead in Matched Market Share of All U.S.-Listed Equities

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.(sm) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced consolidated market performance statistics for its U.S. and Nordic exchanges for the month of August 2008.

Business Highlights

-- The NASDAQ Stock Market's (NASDAQ(r)) matched share of U.S. equity volume in August 2008 was more than any other U.S. exchange for the seventeenth consecutive month. - NASDAQ's average daily matched trade count in U.S. equities increased nine percent from August 2007.

-- Average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks increased 21% compared with the same period last year. - NASDAQ's matched market share in NYSE-listed securities last month rose to 22.8% from 19.3% in August 2007.

-- The average daily matched volume of NASDAQ OMX exchanges in U.S. equity options increased 23.0% from August 2007. - NASDAQ OMX exchanges' matched market share of U.S. equities options in August 2008 increased to 19.0% from 14.3% in August 2007.

-- The NASDAQ Stock Market's average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs was more than any other U.S. exchange.

Equities Trading

The average daily value traded on NASDAQ OMX exchanges totaled USD 85.0 billion (EUR 56.8 billion) in August 2008 as compared with USD 98.5 billion (EUR 72.3 billion) in August 2007. The average daily number of trades executed on NASDAQ OMX exchanges totaled 10.3 million in August 2008, an increase of eight percent from the same month last year.

The NASDAQ Stock Market's average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities was 2.1 billion shares in August 2008. NASDAQ's matched share of U.S. equity volume in August 2008 was more than any other U.S. exchange for the seventeenth consecutive month at 29.1%. The NASDAQ Stock Market's average daily matched trade count in U.S. equities was 10.2 million, an increase of nine percent from August 2007.

Average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks was 980 million shares in August 2008, representing a 21% increase compared with the same period last year. NASDAQ's matched market share in NYSE-listed securities last month was 22.8%, up from 19.3% in August 2007.

Average daily matched volume in NASDAQ-listed securities was 748 million shares.

During the month of August, 17.3% of NASDAQ's matched volume resulted from non-displayed orders, adding 7.9 billion shares of dark liquidity to the NASDAQ book.

On all the Nordic and Baltic Markets, the average daily number of trades was 167.3 thousand in August 2008. In August 2008, average daily value traded was USD 4.0 billion (EUR 2.7 billion).

Derivatives Trading

The average daily matched volume of NASDAQ OMX exchanges in U.S. equity options totaled 2.2 million contracts in August 2008, an increase of 23.0% over August 2007. NASDAQ OMX exchanges' matched market share of U.S. equities options was 19.0%, compared with 14.3% during the same period last year.

The average daily volume in all equity and fixed-income derivative products traded on the Nordic Exchanges totaled 319.2 thousand contracts in August 2008. The average daily trading volume in share products, index products and fixed income products changed -36.0%, 3.0%, and -35.0%, respectively, compared with August 2007.

An additional 136.9 thousand Nordic equity derivative contracts traded on the EDX derivatives exchange on an average daily basis during August 2008, a decrease of three percent from 141.2 thousand in August 2007.

Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Trading

The NASDAQ Stock Market's average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in August 2008 was 458 million shares, more than any other U.S. exchange, representing a gain of 20.0% from the same period last year. NASDAQ's matched market share in U.S. ETFs last month was 36.9%, compared with 36.3% in August 2007.

The average daily value traded in ETFs on NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the Nordic region last month totaled USD 181.2 million (EUR 125 million).

Bond Trading

The average daily value traded in fixed income securities on NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the Nordic region in August 2008 amounted to USD 117.5 million (EUR 81 million).

To view the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Monthly Volume and Market Share Report, visit http://media.primezone.com/cache/6948/file/6049.pdf

To download NASDAQ OMX market share statistics, visit http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/content/marketstatistics/marketshare/useq.xls.

For information about these and other NASDAQ performance statistics, visit www.nasdaqtrader.com/marketshare.

For more detailed statistics on NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the Nordic region, including national figures, visit http://www.omxnordicexchange.com/newsandstatistics/statisticsanalysis/?languageId=1.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, and with over 3,900 companies, it is number one in worldwide listings among major markets. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; the OMX Nordic Exchange, including First North; and the 144A PORTAL Market. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs. NASDAQ OMX Group technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. OMX Nordic Exchange is not a legal entity but describes the common offering from NASDAQ OMX Group exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit www.nasdaqomx.com.

Matched Market Share

Data represent share volume of NASDAQ-listed, NYSE-listed or U.S. equity securities (including ETFs) that are executed on the NASDAQ book as a percentage of consolidated market volume. Data are single counted.

Reported Market Share

Data represent share volume reported to the consolidated tape using NASDAQ-operated systems, which includes total share volume of NASDAQ-listed, NYSE-listed, or U.S. equity securities, including ETFs, executed on the NASDAQ book plus internalized volume and other trade reporting to The FINRA/NASDAQ Trade Reporting Facility(tm), a facility of FINRA that is operated by NASDAQ, as a percentage of consolidated market volume. Shares routed to other market centers for execution are not included. Data are single counted. Trades reported to the FINRA/NASDAQ TRF do not reflect liquidity available on the NASDAQ book.

Handled Market Share

Data represent share volume reported to the consolidated tape using NASDAQ-operated systems, which includes total share volume of NASDAQ-listed, NYSE-listed, or U.S. equity securities including ETFs that are executed on the NASDAQ book plus internalized volume and other trade reporting to The FINRA/NASDAQ TRF as a percentage of total consolidated NASDAQ market volume plus shares routed to other market centers for execution. Data are single counted. Trades reported to the FINRA/NASDAQ TRF and shares routed to other market centers for execution do not reflect liquidity available on the NASDAQ book.

+Foreign Exchange rates represent an average of end-of-day rates for the months presented by Oanda.com.

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