New Benchmark Tracks Companies That are Participating in the U.S. Government's
Financial Relief Plan
NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq:NDAQ) today introduced the NASDAQ OMX Government Relief Index(sm)
(Nasdaq:QGRI). The index enables investors to track the performance of
U.S.-listed securities that are participating in U.S. government sponsored
relief programs such as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) or other
direct government investments. The NASDAQ OMX Government Relief Index is the
latest index launched by NASDAQ OMX Index Group and underscores its commitment
to designing and calculating relevant world-class indexes.
"This Index allows taxpayers and other investors to measure the performance of
U.S. companies that are participating in the government's financial relief
plan," said NASDAQ OMX Executive Vice President John Jacobs. "We believe the
NASDAQ OMX Government Relief Index will be useful in helping investors evaluate
the government's investments and the impact of the relief plan on the economy
during this period of historical significance."
The NASDAQ OMX Government Relief Index consists of companies across multiple
industry groups that have received a direct investment from the U.S. Government
greater than $1 billion. The Index is the first of the Government Relief Index
Series that NASDAQ OMX will be launching in the coming weeks.
The Index is calculated in real-time across the combined exchanges and is
disseminated in dollars. The index began calculation with a value of 1000.00 on
January 5, 2009.
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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
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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 the NASDAQ OMX Government Relief Index and NASDAQ OMX's other
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.
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NASDAQ OMX Introduces a Government Relief Index
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