NASDAQ Announces July Performance Statistics

NASDAQ's Market Share in NYSE-listed Securities Reached Record Highs


NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 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 July.

NASDAQ's matched market share of all U.S. Equity share volume was a record 29.1% in July 2007, more than any other U.S. exchange for the third consecutive month. NASDAQ's matched volume in all U.S. securities was a record 38.9 billion shares, an increase of 8.3% from June 2007 and 52.4% from July 2006.

During July, NASDAQ's handled market share in NASDAQ-listed securities was 75.8%(1) and matched market share in NASDAQ-listed securities was 46.3%.

NASDAQ's matched market share in NYSE-listed securities in July was a record 17.5%, up from 15.9% in June 2007 and 10.8% in July 2006. On August 1, 2007, NASDAQ's matched market share in NYSE-listed securities reached a single-day record 20.0%, up from 12.0% on the same day the year before. NASDAQ's handled market share in NYSE-listed securities was 53.9% last month.(2)

NASDAQ's total reported market share of all U.S. ETF volume in July was 51.3(3)%, with a record 8.0 billion shares changing hands.

Included in NASDAQ's handled and total reported share in July for all U.S.-listed, NASDAQ-listed, NYSE-listed, and ETF securities are average daily volumes of 1.3 billion, 545 million, 620 million, and 123 million shares, respectively, reported to the FINRA/NASDAQ Trade Reporting Facility(tm).(4)

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



                                    Matched          Total Reported
                                  Market Share        Market Share
                                  ------------       --------------
 Advanced Medical Devices (AMD)      30.9%               53.9%
 EMC Corporation (EMC)               24.9%               53.7%
 Lyondell Chemical Company (LYO)     22.0%               48.0%
 The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX)      26.2%               43.6%
 El Paso Corporation (EP)            28.2%               40.8%

For the month, NASDAQ achieved total reported market share of over 30% in 401 NYSE-listed companies priced over $10 with average daily trading volume of more than 1 million shares.

To view all 401 NYSE-listed companies, visit http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/trader/ccg0807.xls.

For more information about these and other NASDAQ market performance statistics, visit www.nasdaqtrader.com/marketshare.

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. 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
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 U.S. Equities Volume                   Jul-07     Jun-07      Jul-06
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 NASDAQ Matched Volume                  38,928     35,950      25,536
 NASDAQ Total Reported Volume           65,936     62,727      44,813
 NASDAQ Handled Volume                  82,643     77,584      53,322
 Consolidated Volume                   133,940    125,473      93,847

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 U.S. Equities Market Share             Jul-07      Jun-07     Jul-06
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 NASDAQ Matched Share                     29.1%      28.7%       27.2%
 NASDAQ Total Reported Share              49.2%      50.0%       47.8%
 NASDAQ Handled Share                     61.7%      61.8%       56.8%

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 NASDAQ-Listed Equities Volume          Jul-07      Jun-07     Jul-06
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 NASDAQ Matched Volume                  21,659      21,436     18,626
 NASDAQ Total Reported Volume           33,112      33,698     29,078
 NASDAQ Handled Volume                  35,458      35,610     31,463
 Consolidated Volume                    46,751      46,259     38,148

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 NASDAQ-Listed Equities Market Share    Jul-07      Jun-07     Jul-06
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 NASDAQ Matched Share                     46.3%       46.3%      48.8%
 NASDAQ Total Reported Share              70.8%       72.8%      76.2%
 NASDAQ Handled Share                     75.8%       77.0%      82.5%

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 NYSE-Listed Equities Volume            Jul-07      Jun-07     Jul-06
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 NASDAQ Matched Volume                  12,888      10,707      5,221
 NASDAQ Total Reported Volume           25,900      22,830     12,363
 NASDAQ Handled Volume                  39,765      35,318     18,258
 Consolidated Volume                    73,768      67,253     48,557

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 NYSE-Listed Equities Market Share      Jul-07      Jun-07     Jul-06
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 NASDAQ Matched Share                     17.5%       15.9%      10.8%
 NASDAQ Total Reported Share              35.1%       33.9%      25.5%
 NASDAQ Handled Share                     53.9%       52.5%      37.6%

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 U.S. ETFs Volume                       Jul-07      Jun-07     Jul-06
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 NASDAQ Matched Volume                   5,379       4,785      2,900
 NASDAQ Total Reported Volume            7,967       7,089      4,878
 NASDAQ Handled Volume                   8,516       7,530      5,143
 Consolidated Volume                    15,544      13,615      8,924

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 U.S. ETFs Market Share                 Jul-07      Jun-07     Jul-06
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 NASDAQ Matched Share                     34.6%       35.1%      32.5%
 NASDAQ Total Reported Share              51.3%       52.1%      54.7%
 NASDAQ Handled Share                     54.8%       55.3%      57.6%

(1)Figure includes FINRA/NASDAQ TRF market share of 24.5%

(2)Figure includes FINRA/NASDAQ TRF market share of 17.6%

(3)Figure includes FINRA/NASDAQ TRF market share of 16.6%

(4)FINRA is a registered trademark of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and is used under license from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

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