DGAP-News: NASDAQ Basic Powers Real-Time U.S. Market Data for Canadian Investors


The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. 

20.06.2012 16:21
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Questrade Provides Real-Time NASDAQ Data to Clients

NEW YORK, 2012-06-20 16:20 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that Questrade Inc., a
leading online brokerage firm in Canada, has selected NASDAQ Basic to power its
new online trading applications IQ Web and IQ Edge. Questrade is the largest
Canadian brokerage to fully integrate NASDAQ Basic, delivering valuable
real-time streaming U.S. market data to investors. 

NASDAQ Basic provides users with essential real-time quote and trade data for
all U.S.-listed securities. Additionally, NASDAQ Basic offers firms a
lower-cost, faster, easier-to-administer alternative to Level 1 products. 

'By selecting NASDAQ Basic as its source of U.S.-listed securities data,
Questrade enjoys significant savings while simultaneously serving its clients
with high quality data,' said Brian Hyndman, Senior Vice President, NASDAQ OMX
Global Data Products. 'The integration of NASDAQ Basic into Questrade's web and
desktop trading software underscores Questrade's commitment to giving its
clients in Canada a competitive advantage.' 

Edward Kholodenko, President and CEO of Questrade says, 'We are coupling NASDAQ
Basic with the latest technology to deliver an unparalleled personal trading
environment. Our IQ platforms are extremely flexible, allowing any style of
investor to adapt the platform to suit their needs. With IQ Web and IQ Edge,
Questrade is redefining the online trading experience for Canadians.' 

To date, more than 1000 firms have selected NASDAQ Basic to power their
real-time data, including nine out of the top ten U.S. banks (based on AUM). 

NASDAQ Basic data includes securities listed on NASDAQ, NYSE, and NYSE Amex
based on liquidity from the NASDAQ Market Center and the FINRA/NASDAQ Trade
Reporting Facility. Questrade's users of NASDAQ Basic also receive data from
two other NASDAQ trading venues: NASDAQ OMX BX(r)(BX(r)) and NASDAQ OMX
PSX(SM)(PSX(SM)), thanks to Questrade's provision of NASDAQ Last Sale Plus.
NASDAQ Basic can be deployed in a variety of investor tools, such as last sale
displays, charts and portfolio trackers. For more information about NASDAQ
Basic, visit
http://www.nasdaqomx.com/trading/marketdata/u.s.products/nasdaqbasic/ 

About NASDAQ OMX Group

The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels
economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of
a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the
U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 24 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central
securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income,
derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more
than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.999%
uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and
emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities
transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the
benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed
companies worth $6.2 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world,
we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the
world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To
learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook
(http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter
(http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500) 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The matters described herein may contain forward-looking statements that are
made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to,
statements about NASDAQ Basic, NASDAQ Last Sale Plus and other NASDAQ OMX
products and offerings. We caution that these statements are not guarantees of
future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed
or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond NASDAQ OMX's
control. These factors include, but are not limited to, factors detailed in
NASDAQ OMX's annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release
any revisions to any forward-looking statements. 

NDAQG


         CONTACT: Media Contacts:
         
         Wayne Lee, NASDAQ OMX
         +1.301.978.4875
         Wayne.D.Lee@NASDAQOMX.Com
News Source: NASDAQ OMX



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