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Nasdaq.com Begins Providing Key Market Data, Custom Logo Ticker To New Oracle Business Homepage

Date 21/02/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced today that its flagship Web site www.nasdaq.com will provide the new Oracle.com-an internet portal launched today for the business user-delayed quotation data, powerful stock charting capabilities, and a co-branded version of its Custom Stock Logo Ticker.

The Nasdaq Custom Stock Ticker allows users to monitor their investments on their desktop. It includes quotes, net change, percent change for Nasdaq®, The American Stock Exchange LLC (Amex), NYSE, and OTC Bulletin BoardSM stocks; updates to key market indices, most active lists for Nasdaq, NYSE and Amex - all based on the user's personal selections-and the top 10 news headlines. The ticker updates automatically every three minutes.

Oracle.com combines and integrates access to enterprise applications used by businesses today along with the information these same businesses rely on to make their daily decisions. The site contains the best of global business news, insight, and productivity tools available. In addition, the Internet portal provides single sign-on to applications and is extensively mobile enabled. Oracle.com offers business users their desktop of tomorrow.

"Oracle set out to build a site the combines vital business information with the best tools and applications to make business users more effective and efficient in their daily jobs," said Don Bosic, Sr. Vice President, Nasdaq Interactive Services. "Fast access to stock quotes, charting and the ability to track stock prices and stock indices through Nasdaq's customizable desktop ticker is clearly a vital managerial resource. We're delighted to be partnering with one of The Nasdaq Stock Market's fastest-growing and most successful companies."

With over seven million page views per weekday, www.nasdaq.com is a leading source for stock market information and key financial data on the Web. It provides online users with the following data and a host of other key information investors seek to make educated financial decisions:

  • stock price and corporate information on individual stocks listed on all major U.S. securities markets;
  • regular intra-day market updates and charts;
  • information on initial public offering filings;
  • personal finance;
  • exchange traded funds;
  • portfolio tracking, stock, and mutual fund screening tools;
  • extended hours trading;
  • global market activity;
  • recent financial news headlines and reports; and
  • I/B/E/S analysts earnings forecasts, ratings, and valuation ratios.
The Nasdaq Stock Market lists nearly 4,700 companies, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market, and has a larger dollar volume of trades than the next three largest markets in the world combined. For more information about Nasdaq, visit the Nasdaq Web site at www.nasdaq.com or the Nasdaq NewsroomSM at www.nasdaqnews.com.