NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced its consolidated market performance statistics for the NASDAQ Market Center, INET and Brut trading platforms for the month of September.
NASDAQ continued to capture a greater percentage of market share and share volume in NYSE-listed securities. During September 2006, NASDAQ's average daily total share volume in NYSE-listed securities was approximately 732 million, compared with 637 million in August and 398 million in September 2005. Matched market share in NYSE-listed securities increased to 12.9% in September from 12.5% in August. NASDAQ's touched market share in NYSE-listed securities rose to 28.0% in September from 26.0% in August.
NASDAQ's total market share in NYSE-listed securities in September was 29.0%. Included in the total market share figure for September is 16.1% in NYSE-listed securities executed by broker-dealers and reported to NASDAQ.
The table below shows NASDAQ's market share in several individual NYSE-listed securities during September:
Total Market Share Matched Market Share
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Ford (NYSE:F) 46% 28%
Nortel (NYSE:NT) 57% 44%
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) 41% 27%
Adv Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) 45% 27%
General Electric (NYSE:GE) 37% 22%
For the month, NASDAQ achieved total market share of over 30% in 102 NYSE-listed companies priced over $10 with average daily trading volume of more than 1 million shares. NASDAQ's market share in the following 14 companies was over 40%:
Trizec Properties, Inc. (NYSE:TRZ), Avis Budget Group Inc. (NYSE:CAR), AmeriCredit Corp, (NYSE:ACF), North Fork Bancorporation, Inc. (NYSE:NFB), Reckson Associates Realty Corp. (NYSE:RA), Provident Energy Trust (NYSE:PVX), Titanium Metals Corporation (NYSE:TIE), Pengrowth Energy Trust (NYSE:PGH), CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), ArvinMeritor, Inc. (NYSE:ARM), Fording Canadian Coal Trust (NYSE:FDG), Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE:CLF), and Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG).
To view all 102 NYSE-listed companies, visit:
www.nasdaqtrader.com/trader/tradingservices/marketshare/ccg_sept06.xls.
Total market share in NASDAQ-listed securities increased to 76.9% in September compared to 76.5% in August. Included in the total market share figure for September is 28.5% in NASDAQ securities executed by broker-dealers and reported to the NASD/NASDAQ Trade Reporting Facility (TRF), a facility of NASD that is operated by NASDAQ, compared to 27.8% in August.
Matched market share in NASDAQ-listed securities in September was relatively unchanged at 48.4% compared to 48.8% in August. NASDAQ's touched market share in NASDAQ-listed securities in September was relatively unchanged at 55.1% compared to 55.3% the previous month.
"Total market share" in NASDAQ-listed securities is based on all share volume reported to the consolidated tape using NASDAQ-operated systems. This includes total share volume of NASDAQ-listed securities that are executed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, NASDAQ's recently launched national securities exchange, plus trades reported through the NASD/NASDAQ Trade Reporting Facility (TRF), a facility of NASD that is operated by NASDAQ, as a percentage of total consolidated NASDAQ market volume. Shares routed to other market centers for execution are not included in "total market share." This data is single counted.
"Total market share" in NYSE-listed securities is based on total share volume of NYSE-listed securities that are executed on the NASDAQ Market Center, INET and/or Brut books, plus trade reported volume as a percentage of total consolidated NYSE market volume.
Matched market share represents total share volume of NASDAQ or NYSE-listed securities that are executed on the NASDAQ Market Center, INET or Brut books as a percentage of total consolidated NASDAQ or NYSE market volume.
Touched market share represents total share volume of NASDAQ or NYSE-listed securities that are executed on the NASDAQ Market Center, INET or Brut books plus volume of shares routed to other market centers for execution, as a percentage of consolidated NASDAQ or NYSE market volume.
For more information about these and other NASDAQ market performance statistics, visit www.nasdaqtrader.com/marketshare.
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