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NASDAQ OMX Announces May 2009 Market Performance Statistics for U.S. Exchanges

Thursday July 2, 10:47 PM

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NEW YORK, July 2, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.(sm) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced consolidated market performance statistics for its U.S. exchanges for the month of May 2009. 



 * The NASDAQ Stock Market's (NASDAQ(r)) matched share of U.S. equity
   volume in May 2009 was 19.8%, more than any other U.S. exchange for
   the twenty-sixth consecutive month.
      -- The average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities last
         month was 2.2 billion shares, a 13% increase over May 2008.
      -- The average daily matched trade count in U.S. equities was 9.5
         million, an increase of 6% over May 2008.
      -- During May, 16.3% of NASDAQ's matched volume resulted from
         non-displayed orders, adding 7.2 billion shares of dark
         liquidity to the NASDAQ book.

 * Matched market share in NYSE-listed securities during May 2009 was
   14.8%.
      -- The average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks was 955
         million shares, a 14% increase over the same period one year
         ago.

 * Matched market share in NASDAQ-listed securities during May 2009 was
   32.0%.
      -- NASDAQ's average daily matched share volume in NASDAQ-listed
         securities during May was 774 million shares.

 * NASDAQ OMX BX's (BX) matched share of U.S. equity volume in May was
   0.9%. In April, matched share on NASDAQ OMX BX -- a new trading
   platform that provides a second quote for U.S. cash equities -- was
   0.8%.
      -- BX's average daily matched volume in U.S. equities in May was
         105 million shares, an increase of 21% over the previous
         month.

 * Matched market share in U.S. ETFs during May 2009 was 22.4%, more
   than any other U.S. exchange.
      -- Average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in May was 530
         million shares, increasing 65% over the same period one year
         ago.

 * NASDAQ OMX exchanges' matched market share of U.S. equity options
   was 21.3% last month.
      -- The average daily matched volume of NASDAQ OMX exchanges in
         U.S. equity options totaled 3.2 million contracts in May 2009,
         an increase of 46% over the same period one year ago.
      -- In May, matched share on The NASDAQ Options Market (NOM) was
         3.46%. In April, matched share on NOM was 3.04%.
      -- NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) matched share was above 17% for the
         fourth consecutive month.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Monthly Volume and Market Share Report is available at: http://media.primezone.com/cache/6948/file/7061.pdf

To download more detailed information on NASDAQ OMX and overall U.S. market activity, including FINRA/NASDAQ TRF, NASDAQ Reported, NASDAQ Routed, NASDAQ Handled and Consolidated figures, 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 this month's detailed statistics on NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the Nordic and Baltic regions, including national figures, visit http://omxnordicexchange.com/newsandstatistics/statisticsanalysis/.

About the NASDAQ OMX Group

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.

NDAQG 

CONTACT:  The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
          Media Contacts:
          Robert Madden
            +1.646.441.5045
            Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com
          Silvia Davi
            +1.646.441.5014
            Silvia.Davi@NASDAQOMX.com
          Anna Rasin
            +46.8.405.66.12
            Anna.Rasin@NASDAQOMX.com

Source:The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

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