Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Nasdaq’s TotalView Is A CODiE Awards Finalist For Best Financial Information Service

Date 21/02/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced that NASDAQ TotalView®, NASDAQ’s premier data product, has been selected as a finalist for the 21st Annual CODiE Awards in the “Best Online Professional Financial Information Service” category. Established by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) in 1986, the CODiE Awards remains the standard-bearer for celebrating outstanding achievement and vision in the digital content, software and education technology industries.

TotalView, the fastest source of NASDAQ order book information, is a superior data product that allows traders to pursue unique trading opportunities and realize the full potential of their trading strategies. TotalView is unique in that it provides 15 times the liquidity of Level II, NASDAQ’s legacy data feed, revealing more profit opportunities. TotalView is among the 348 finalists that were chosen from more than 1,026 nominations submitted by more than 500 companies – breaking the nominations record set last year.

"When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a CODiE Awards Finalist is a significant achievement," said Ken Wasch, President of the SIIA. "The 21st Annual CODiE Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the information, software and education technology industries.”

“TotalView’s selection as a CODiE Awards finalist is reaffirmation that TotalView is the premier NASDAQ data feed for serious traders,” said Adena Friedman, Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Data Products. “TotalView is an innovative tool that provides professionals and non-professionals with unique opportunities to pursue new trading strategies and ultimately attain their investment objectives.”

TotalView users have an advantage because they can see the maximum amount of information available. Such detailed depth can help traders follow pockets of liquidity over time, better understand how orders are distributed throughout the market and identify new trading opportunities. NASDAQ has integrated the full depth of Brut liquidity in NASDAQ-listed stocks into TotalView, further expanding the difference between TotalView and legacy quotation data feeds. NASDAQ has completed the acquisition of the INET ECN and will fully incorporate INET liquidity into TotalView in 2006.

The SIIA, the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry, will present the 2006 CODiE Awards at a gala event on May 16 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA.

For news and additional information about the company, please contact the company directly or check under the company's symbol using InfoQuotes on the NASDAQ Web site.

For more information about The NASDAQ Stock Market, visit the NASDAQ Web site at http://www.nasdaq.com or the NASDAQ Newsroom at http://www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/.