NASDAQ Announces April Performance Statistics

NEW YORK, May 14, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced its consolidated market performance statistics for the NASDAQ Market Center for the month of April.

NASDAQ handled a record high 65.3% of all U.S. Equity share volume in April 2007. NASDAQ's handled volume in all U.S. securities was 70.6 billion shares, an increase of 28.3% from April 2006.

During April, total reported market share in NASDAQ-listed securities was 72.3% and matched market share in NASDAQ-listed securities in April was 46.0%.

NASDAQ also captured record high levels of market share in NYSE-listed securities in April. NASDAQ's matched market share in NYSE-listed securities increased to a record 16.1% up from 7.9% a year ago. Handled market share also hit a new record of 58.3%.

This month NASDAQ begins reporting performance statistics for exchange traded funds (ETFs). For the month, NASDAQ's total reported market share of all U.S. ETF volume was 52.9%.

The table below shows NASDAQ's market share in several individual NYSE-listed securities during April:

Total Reported Matched Market Share Market Share -------------- ------------ First Data Corporation (FDC) 50.8% 20.2% Time Warner, Inc (TWX) 39.7% 24.1% Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) 39.1% 26.8% Countrywide Financial Corporation (CFC) 38.3% 20.4% Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) 37.7% 21.2%

For the month, NASDAQ achieved total reported market share of over 30% in 326 NYSE-listed companies priced over $10 with average daily trading volume of more than 1 million shares.

To view all 326 NYSE-listed companies, visit http:/www.nasdaqtrader.com/trader/tradingservices/marketshare/ccg_apr_2007.xls.

For more information about these and other NASDAQ market performance statistics, Visit http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/trader/tradingservices/marketshare.stm.

To access the definitions of NASDAQ's market share terminology, visit http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/trader/tradingservices/marketshare/terms.pdf.

NASDAQ is the largest U.S. equities exchange. With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. electronic market. It is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks as well as a leading liquidity pool for trading NYSE-listed stocks. For more information about NASDAQ, visit the NASDAQ Web site at www.nasdaq.com or the NASDAQ Newsroom at www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/.

Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. Monthly Volume and Market Share Report (Unaudited; shares in millions) Month End --------------------------------------------------------------------- US Equities Volume Apr-07 Mar-07 Apr-06 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq Matched Volume 31,090 36,212 24,786 Nasdaq Total Reported Volume 54,712 63,596 45,894 Nasdaq Handled Volume 70,570 80,954 55,001 Consolidated Volume 108,146 125,940 93,005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- US Equities Market Share Apr-07 Mar-07 Apr-06 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq Matched Share 28.7% 28.8% 26.6% Nasdaq Total Reported Share 50.6% 50.5% 49.3% Nasdaq Handled Share 65.3% 64.3% 59.1% --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq-Listed Equities Volume Apr-07 Mar-07 Apr-06 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq Matched Volume 19,101 21,794 19,414 Nasdaq Total Reported Volume 30,039 34,001 32,006 Nasdaq Handled Volume 31,731 35,915 35,405 Consolidated Volume 41,562 45,646 40,846 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq-Listed Equities Market Share Apr-07 Mar-07 Apr-06 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq Matched Share 46.0% 47.7% 47.5% Nasdaq Total Reported Share 72.3% 74.5% 78.4% Nasdaq Handled Share 76.3% 78.7% 86.7% --------------------------------------------------------------------- NYSE-Listed Equities Volume Apr-07 Mar-07 Apr-06 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq Matched Volume 9,477 11,065 3,549 Nasdaq Total Reported Volume 20,400 23,804 10,433 Nasdaq Handled Volume 34,238 38,883 15,825 Consolidated Volume 58,694 69,620 44,690 --------------------------------------------------------------------- NYSE-Listed Equities Market Share Apr-07 Mar-07 Apr-06 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq Matched Share 16.1% 15.9% 7.9% Nasdaq Total Reported Share 34.8% 34.2% 23.3% Nasdaq Handled Share 58.3% 55.8% 35.4% --------------------------------------------------------------------- US ETFs Volume Apr-07 Mar-07 Apr-06 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq Matched Volume 2,832 4,135 2,245 Nasdaq Total Reported Volume 4,303 6,602 3,762 Nasdaq Handled Volume 4,588 6,961 n/a Consolidated Volume 8,137 12,256 6,988 --------------------------------------------------------------------- US ETFs Market Share Apr-07 Mar-07 Apr-06 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq Matched Share 34.8% 33.7% 32.1% Nasdaq Total Reported Share 52.9% 53.9% 53.8% Nasdaq Handled Share 56.4% 56.8% n/a

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