Average Daily Matched Trade Count Executed On All NASDAQ OMX Exchanges
Increased 47 Percent From One Year Ago
NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.(SM)
(Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced consolidated market performance statistics for
its U.S. and Nordic exchanges for the month of December 2008.
Business Highlights
* The average daily number of matched trades executed on all NASDAQ
OMX exchanges in December 2008 increased 47% over the same month
last year.
* The NASDAQ Stock Market's (NASDAQ(r)) matched share of U.S. equity
volume in December 2008 was 27.2%, more than any other U.S.
exchange for the twenty-first consecutive month.
-- Average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities last
month increased 38% from December 2007.
-- Total matched volume in U.S. equities in last month was
51.6 billion shares, compared to 34.0 billion in December
2007.
-- Average daily matched trade count in U.S. equities was
10.9 million, an increase of 48% over December 2007.
* NASDAQ's total matched volume in NYSE-listed securities in December
2008 was 21.6 billion shares, an increase from 11.8 billion shares
in December 2007.
-- Average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks
increased 67% compared with the same period last year.
* NASDAQ's average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in
December 2008 was 623 million shares, more than any other U.S.
exchange.
-- Average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs increased
125% over the same period last year.
-- NASDAQ's average daily matched trade count in U.S. ETFs
increased 209% from December 2007.
Equities Trading
The average daily value traded on NASDAQ OMX exchanges totaled US$64.4 billion
(EUR 47.9 billion) in December 2008. The average daily number of trades
executed on NASDAQ OMX exchanges totaled 11.1 million in December 2008, an
increase of 47% over the same month last year.
NASDAQ's matched share of U.S. equity volume in December 2008 was more than any
other U.S. exchange for the twenty-first consecutive month at 27.2%. NASDAQ's
average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities was 2.3 billion shares in
December 2008, a 38% increase from December 2007. NASDAQ's total matched volume
in U.S. equities in December was 51.6 billion shares, an increase from 34.0
billion in December 2007. The NASDAQ Stock Market's average daily matched trade
count in U.S. equities was 10.9 million, an increase of 48% over December 2007.
NASDAQ's total matched volume in NYSE-listed securities in December 2008 was
21.6 billion shares, compared to 11.8 billion shares in December 2007. NASDAQ's
average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks was 984 million shares in
December, a 67% increase compared with the same period last year. NASDAQ's
matched market share in NYSE-listed securities last month was 20.0%, an
increase of 1.7% over the same period one year ago.
Average daily matched volume in NASDAQ-listed securities in December was 762
million shares. Total matched trade count in NASDAQ-listed securities last
month was 70.7 million, compared with 70.5 million in December 2007.
In December, 18.7% of NASDAQ's matched volume resulted from non-displayed
orders, adding 10.0 billion shares of dark liquidity to the NASDAQ book.
On all the Nordic and Baltic Markets, the average daily number of trades was
200.7 thousand in December 2008. Average daily value traded was US$2.5 billion
(EUR 1.9 billion).
Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Trading
NASDAQ's average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in December 2008 was
623 million shares, more than any other U.S. exchange, representing a gain of
125% over the same period last year. Average daily trade count last month was
2.1 million, a 209% increase from December 2007. NASDAQ's matched share volume
in U.S. ETFs was 13.7 billion shares and its matched market share in U.S. ETFs
last month was 34.8%.
Derivatives Trading
The average daily matched volume of NASDAQ OMX exchanges in U.S. equity options
totaled 1.8 million contracts in December 2008. NASDAQ OMX exchanges' matched
market share of U.S. equities options was 19.8%, a 1.4% gain from the same
period one year ago.
The average daily volume in all equity and fixed-income derivative products
traded on the Nordic Exchanges totaled 394.9 thousand contracts in December
2008. The average daily trading volume in share products, index products and
fixed income products changed -17%, 9%, and -31%, respectively, compared with
December 2007.
An additional 113.2 thousand Nordic equity derivative contracts traded on the
EDX derivatives exchange on an average daily basis during December 2008, a 26%
decrease from 152.7 thousand contracts in December 2007.
Bond Trading
The average daily value traded in fixed income securities on NASDAQ OMX
exchanges in the Nordic region in December 2008 totaled US$67.3 million (EUR 50
million).
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Monthly Volume and Market Share Report is available
at http://media.primezone.com/cache/6948/file/6453.pdf.
To download NASDAQ OMX market share statistics, 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 more detailed statistics on NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the Nordic region,
including national figures, visit
http://www.omxnordicexchange.com/newsandstatistics/statisticsanalysis/?languageI
d=1.
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 3,900 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital
raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings
market; NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, including First North; and the
U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes
including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and
ETFs. NASDAQ OMX Group 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 Group exchanges in Helsinki,
Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more
information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.
Matched Market Share
Data represent share volume of NASDAQ-listed, NYSE-listed or U.S. equity
securities (including ETFs) that are executed on the NASDAQ book as a
percentage of consolidated market volume. Data are single counted.
Reported Market Share
Data represent share volume reported to the consolidated tape using
NASDAQ-operated systems, which includes total share volume of NASDAQ-listed,
NYSE-listed, or U.S. equity securities, including ETFs, executed on the NASDAQ
book plus internalized volume and other trade reporting to The FINRA/NASDAQ
Trade Reporting Facility(TM), a facility of FINRA that is operated by NASDAQ,
as a percentage of consolidated market volume. Shares routed to other market
centers for execution are not included. Data are single counted. Trades
reported to the FINRA/NASDAQ TRF do not reflect liquidity available on the
NASDAQ book.
Handled Market Share
Data represent share volume reported to the consolidated tape using
NASDAQ-operated systems, which includes total share volume of NASDAQ-listed,
NYSE-listed, or U.S. equity securities including ETFs that are executed on the
NASDAQ book plus internalized volume and other trade reporting to The
FINRA/NASDAQ TRF as a percentage of total consolidated NASDAQ market volume
plus shares routed to other market centers for execution. Data are single
counted. Trades reported to the FINRA/NASDAQ TRF and shares routed to other
market centers for execution do not reflect liquidity available on the NASDAQ
book.
+Foreign Exchange rates represent an average of end-of-day rates for the months
presented by Oanda.com.
"FINRA(TM), "Trade Reporting Facility(TM) and TRF(TM) are trademarks of
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc."
NDAQG
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NASDAQ OMX Announces December 2008 Market Performance Statistics for U.S. and Nordic Exchanges
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