NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced its consolidated market performance statistics for the NASDAQ Market Center, INET and Brut trading platforms for the month of July.
NASDAQ continued to capture a greater percentage of market share and share volume in NYSE-listed securities. During July 2006, NASDAQ's average daily share volume in NYSE-listed securities was approximately 618.2 million, compared with 594.6 million in June and 315.3 million in July 2005. Matched market share (see Note) in NYSE-listed securities increased to 10.75% in July from 8.9% in June. NASDAQ's touched market share in NYSE-listed securities rose to 22.9% in July from 21.4% in June.
NASDAQ's total market share in NYSE-listed securities in July was 25.5%. Included in the total market share figure for July is 14.7% in NYSE-listed securities executed by broker-dealers and reported to NASDAQ.
NASDAQ's total market share in NASDAQ-listed securities in July was 76.2%. Included in the total market share figure for July is 27.4% in NASDAQ securities executed by broker-dealers and reported to NASDAQ, compared to 29.0% in June.
Matched market share in NASDAQ-listed securities was relatively unchanged at 48.8% in July compared to 48.9% in June and touched market share in NASDAQ-listed securities in July was also relatively unchanged at 55.1% compared to 55.3% the previous month.
NASDAQ's total market share in NASDAQ-listed securities is total share volume of NASDAQ-listed securities that are executed on the NASDAQ Market Center, INET and/or Brut books, plus internalized volume, as a percentage of total consolidated NASDAQ market volume. Shares routed to other market centers for execution are not included.
Total market share in NYSE-listed securities is based on total share volume of NYSE-listed securities that are executed on the NASDAQ Market Center, INET and/or Brut books, plus internalized volume as a percentage of total consolidated NYSE market volume.
Matched market share represents total share volume of NASDAQ or NYSE-listed securities that are executed on the NASDAQ Market Center, INET or Brut books as a percentage of total consolidated NASDAQ or NYSE market volume.
Touched market share represents total share volume of NASDAQ or NYSE-listed securities that are executed on the NASDAQ Market Center, INET or Brut books plus volume of shares routed to other market centers for execution, as a percentage of consolidated NASDAQ or NYSE market volume.
For more information about these and other NASDAQ market performance statistics, visit www.nasdaqtrader.com/marketshare.
NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. 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. For more information about NASDAQ, visit the NASDAQ website at http://www.nasdaq.com or the NASDAQ Newsroom at http://www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/.
Note: The NASDAQ, Brut and INET matched volume numbers for NYSE-listed securities are pulled from an internal NASDAQ data source.