CEO of The Nigerian Stock Exchange to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, June 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) which services the second largest financial centre in sub-Saharan Africa will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Oscar Onyema, CEO of The NSE, will ring the Closing Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

Contact:

Bola Adeeko

+19174473832

+2348023375255

badeeko@nse.com.ng

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jen Knapp

(212) 401-8916

Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at:

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Photos:

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About The Nigerian Stock Exchange:

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was established in 1960 and today, services the second largest financial centre in sub-Saharan Africa. The NSE is licensed under the Investments and Securities Act (ISA) and is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Exchange is a full member and executive committee member of the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) and an affiliate member of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

The Nigerian Stock Exchange is an automated exchange and provides listing and trading services, as well as electronic clearing, settlement and delivery (CSD) services – through Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Ltd., a subsidiary of The NSE, which also offers custodian services. Along with securities listing and trading services, The Exchange offers market data dissemination services, market indices and much more.

The NSE continues to evolve to meet the needs of its valued customers, and to achieve the highest level of competitiveness. With about 200 companies and 258 Securities listed, The Exchange operates fair, orderly and transparent markets that bring together the best of African enterprises and the local and global investor communities. The Nigerian Stock Exchange is poised to champion the acceleration of Africa's economic development and to become "the Gateway to African Markets".

About NASDAQ OMX:

The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the US and Europe, we own and operate 24 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.999% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed companies worth $5.1 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century.  To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500).

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