CBOE Holdings, Inc., Parent Of Chicago Board Options Exchange, Lists On The NASDAQ Stock Market

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), the world's largest exchange company, announced that CBOE Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:CBOE), parent of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, began trading on Tuesday, June 15 on The NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ). CBOE Holdings will trade under the ticker symbol CBOE.

"We are pleased to welcome the CBOE to The NASDAQ Stock Market, the market of choice for public companies from a variety of sectors," said Bruce Aust, Executive Vice President, Corporate Client Group, NASDAQ OMX. "NASDAQ is thrilled to have the largest U.S. options exchange -- which pioneered trading in exchange-traded options in 1973 -- among our listed companies."

NASDAQ IPOs have raised roughly $2.6 billion in proceeds year to date. Notable NASDAQ IPOs for 2010 include companies QuinStreet (Nasdaq:QNST), which raised over $150,000,000 in proceeds, Mitel Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:MITL), and SS&C Technologies (Nasdaq:SSNC).