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

NEW YORK, July 17, 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 June 2009.

* The NASDAQ Stock Market's (NASDAQ(r)) matched share of U.S. equity volume in June 2009 was 19.8%, more than any other U.S. exchange. -- The average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities last month was 1.9 billion shares. -- The average daily matched trade count in U.S. equities was 8 million. -- During June, 16.0% of NASDAQ's matched volume resulted from non-displayed orders, adding 5.8 billion shares of dark liquidity to the NASDAQ book. * Matched market share in NYSE-listed securities during June 2009 was 14.2%. -- The average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks was 736 million shares. * Matched market share in NASDAQ-listed securities during June 2009 was 31.4%. -- NASDAQ's average daily matched share volume in NASDAQ-listed securities during June was 773 million shares. * NASDAQ OMX BX's (BX) matched share of U.S. equity volume in June was 1.3%. In May, matched share on NASDAQ OMX BX -- a new trading platform that provides a second quote for U.S. cash equities -- was 0.9%. -- BX's average daily matched volume in U.S. equities in June was 126 million shares, an increase of 19% over the previous month. * Matched market share in U.S. ETFs during June 2009 was 21.5%, more than any other U.S. exchange. -- Average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in June was 413 million shares. * NASDAQ OMX exchanges' matched market share of U.S. equity options was 21.7% last month. -- The average daily matched volume of NASDAQ OMX exchanges in U.S. equity options totaled 2.9 million contracts in June 2009, an increase of 26% over the same period one year ago. -- In June, matched share on The NASDAQ Options Market (NOM) was 3.01%. -- NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) matched share was above 17% for the fifth consecutive month.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Monthly Volume and Market Share Report is available at http://media.globenewswire.com/cache/6948/file/7141.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.

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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

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