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NASDAQ OMX Announces April 2009 Market Performance Statistics For U.S. Exchanges

Date 22/05/2009

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.(sm) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced consolidated market performance statistics for its U.S. exchanges for the month of April 2009.

  • The NASDAQ Stock Market's (NASDAQ(r)) matched share of U.S. equity volume in April 2009 was 20.8%, more than any other U.S. exchange for the twenty-fifth consecutive month.
    • The average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities last month was 2.3 billion shares, a 19% increase over April 2008.
    • The average daily matched trade count in U.S. equities was 11 million, an increase of 16% over April 2008.
    • During April, 16.6% of NASDAQ's matched volume resulted from non-displayed orders, adding 8.3 billion shares of dark liquidity to the NASDAQ book.

  • Matched market share in NYSE-listed securities during April 2009 was 15.5%.
    • The average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks was 1 billion shares, a 22% increase over the same period one year ago.

  • Matched market share in NASDAQ-listed securities during April 2009 was 33.6%.
    • NASDAQ's average daily matched share volume in NASDAQ-listed securities during April was 789 million shares.

  • NASDAQ OMX BX's (BX) matched share of U.S. equity volume in April was .8%. In March, matched share on NASDAQ OMX BX, a new trading platform that provides a second quote for U.S. cash equities, was .33%.
    • BX's total matched volume in U.S. equities in April was 1,826 million shares, an increase of 106% over the previous month.

  • Matched market share in U.S. ETFs during April 2009 was 24.2%, more than any other U.S. exchange.
    • Average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in April was 574 million shares, increasing 71% over the same period one year ago.

  • NASDAQ OMX exchanges' matched market share of U.S. equity options was 20.9% last month.
    • The average daily matched volume of NASDAQ OMX exchanges in U.S. equity options totaled 3.0 million contracts in April 2009, an increase of .5% from last month.
    • In April, matched share on The NASDAQ Option Market (NOM) was 3.04%. In March, matched share on NOM was 2.78%.
    • NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) matched share was above 17% for the third consecutive month.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Monthly Volume and Market Share Report is available at http://media.primezone.com/cache/6948/file/6918.pdf

To download more detailed information on NASDAQ OMX and overall U.S. market activity, including FINRA/NASDAQ TRF, NASDAQ Reported, NASDAQ Routed, NASDAQ Handled and Consolidated figures, visit http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/content/marketstatistics/marketshare/useq.xls.

For information about these and other NASDAQ performance statistics, visit www.nasdaqtrader.com/marketshare.

For this month's detailed statistics on NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the Nordic and Baltic regions, including national figures, visit http://omxnordicexchange.com/newsandstatistics/statisticsanalysis/.