Deven Sharma, President of Standard & Poor's, Bob Greifeld, CEO of NASDAQ OMX, Ring the Closing Bell
December 18, 2008 - S&P 500
About this Marketsite Event:
Deven Sharma, President of Standard & Poor's, Bob Greifeld, Chief Executive Officer of NASDAQ OMX and John Jacobs, Executive Vice President of NASDAQ OMX preside over the Closing Bell to celebrate NASDAQ OMX being the top price performing exchange operator in the S&P 500 for year-to-date 2008.
On October 21, 2008, NASDAQ OMX was added to the S&P 500 Stock Market Index. In addition to the S&P 500, NASDAQ OMX
is included in the NASDAQ Financial-100 Index, a key benchmark for the financial community.
About the S&P 500:
The S&P 500 is the world's most followed stock market index with $1.5 trillion directly index and $4.85 trillion benchmarked. Widely regarded as the best single gauge of the U.S. equities market, this world-renowned index includes 500 leading companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy. It is a core component of the U.S. indices that could be used as building blocks for portfolio construction. It is also the U.S. component of S&P Global 1200. The history of the S&P 500 dates back to 1923, with an expansion to include 500 companies in 1957.
Press Inquiries Only:
Organizations interested in obtaining NASDAQ-listed company bell ringing ceremony photographs for press purposes, must first receive approval from the listed company before requesting photographs from NASDAQ. Please provide the company contact information from whom you received approval to Jolene Libretto at
jolene.libretto@nasdaq.com. Kindly credit © 2008, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Reprinted with permission.
Other Photography Inquiries:
For all other photography inquiries, please contact NASDAQ’s photographer, Rob Tannenbaum at
rob.tannenbaum@nasdaq.com.
© 2008, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Reprinted with permission.
