ADVISORY, March 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What: Invesco PowerShares will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to celebrate the 10-Year Anniversary of QQQ (Nasdaq:QQQQ), one of the world's most actively traded securities benchmarked to the NASDAQ-100 Index. The index is the leading indicator of NASDAQ-listed securities comprised of the 100 largest non-financial stocks listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market. In honor of the occasion, Bruce Bond, President and Chief Executive Officer of Invesco PowerShares, and John Jacobs, Chief Marketing Officer of NASDAQ OMX, will ring the NASDAQ Opening Bell. Where: NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio When: Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 at 9:15 - 9:30 a.m. ET Contacts: Kristin Sadlon (212) 601-8192 kristin.sadlon@porternovelli.com Jason T. J. Schoepke Chief Marketing Officer Invesco PowerShares (630) 868-7107 Jason.Schoepke@invescopowershares.com NASDAQ MarketSite: Robert Madden (646) 441-5045 Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com
Feed Information:
The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on Galaxy 19 C/15, downlink frequency 4000 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Robert Madden at (646) 441-5045.
Radio Feed:
An audio transmission of the Opening Bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.
Webcast: A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm.
Photos:
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.
About Invesco PowerShares:
Invesco PowerShares is a part of Invesco Ltd., a leading independent global investment management company, dedicated to helping people worldwide build their financial security. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive worldwide investment management capabilities, including AIM, Atlantic Trust, Invesco, Perpetual, PowerShares, Trimark, and WL Ross, Invesco provides a comprehensive array of enduring investment solutions for retail, institutional and high net worth clients around the world. Operating in 20 countries, the company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IVZ. Additional information is available at www.invesco.com.
About the NASDAQ-100 Index:
The NASDAQ-100 Index is the basis of over 900 products in 34 countries with approximately $490 billion dollars in notional value tied to the index. It is one of only two indexes that have traded more than 500 million futures with a national value greater than $25 trillion. To date, the NASDAQ-100 Index has traded over 600 million futures contracts.
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 2,000 diverse equity, commodity and fixed-income indexes in the U.S., Europe, and throughout the world.
About NASDAQ OMX:
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 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 exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX 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 exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.
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