NASDAQ OMX becomes new index partner of leading Swedish business magazine Affärsvärlden

Stockholm, April 8, 2009 — The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) today
announced that it has partnered with Affärsvärlden, one of Sweden's leading
business magazines, for calculation of its Affärsvärlden General Index (AFGX).
On April 1st the index was re-branded as OMX AFGX. 

OMX AFGX is a broad market capitalized index including all listed companies on
NASDAQ OMX Stockholm's main market. The index will be available through the
GENIUM Consolidated Feed, NASDAQ OMX Nordic's market data system, and is
calculated in real-time. OMX AFGX has an index history going back to 1901, when
Affärsvärlden was first issued. 
 
“We are pleased that Affärsvärlden has chosen to partner with NASDAQ OMX for
their index, which is one of the oldest and most prominent ones in Sweden,”
said Magdalena Hartman, Vice President, NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group. “We see
growing demand for customized indexes and index calculation and are proud to
add OMX AFGX as part of our world-leading index portfolio, which today includes
more than 1500 indexes worldwide.” 

“As Sweden's leading business weekly we want to ensure credibility of our
index, and continue to grow our investor reach,” said Jon Åsberg, Chief Editor
Affärsvärlden. “NASDAQ OMX has an unparalleled reputation and track record in
the index space, and we are confident that Affärsvärlden as well as the
investing public will benefit from our partnership.” 

OMX AFGX is a price index and its base value was 100 as of December 29, 1995.
The ticker code is OMX AFGX and the index' full name is OMX Affärsvärldens
General Index. 

About NASDAQ OMX Index Products
NASDAQ OMX is a global leader in creating and licensing strategy indexes and is
home to the most widely watched indexes in the world. As a premier,
full-service provider, NASDAQ OMX is dedicated to designing powerful indexes
that are in sync with a continually changing market environment. Utilizing the
expanded coverage of our global company, NASDAQ OMX has nearly 1,500 diverse
equity, commodity and fixed-income indexes in the U.S., Europe, and throughout
world. In addition, our calculation, licensing and marketing support provide
the tools to measure and replicate global markets. The NASDAQ OMX Index Group
range of services covers the entire business process from index design to
calculation and dissemination. For more information about NASDAQ OMX indexes,
visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/. 

About Affärsvärlden
Affärsvärlden is one of Sweden's largest and most respected business magazines
and one of the most important sources of economic analyses in Sweden. The
primary target group of the magazine is top corporate executives, investors and
analysts in financial markets and managers making financial and economic
decisions. Affärsvärlden's general index, OMX AFGX, is Sweden's oldest index
and started 1937. It has been reconstructed with historical share prices from
1901, when Affärsvärlden started publishing. 

ABOUT 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 Group 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
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 www.nasdaqomx.com. 

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CONTACTS NASDAQ OMX:  

Carl Norell
+46 8 405 6639
carl.norell@nasdaqomx.com

Ellen-Margrethe Soelberg
+ 45 33 77 0430
ellen-margrethe.soelberg@nasdaqomx.com