OMX Stockholm 30 Index Breaks A Benchmark Target Of 400 Million Contracts - OMXS30 Index Is The Third Most Traded Domestic European Index In 2009

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ), announced today that the OMX Stockholm 30 Index (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: OMXS30) has broken a benchmark target of 400 million derivative contracts since its start back in 1986. In 2009 OMXS30 has been the third most traded domestic index in Europe, with several hundreds of thousands new contracts traded every day.

Magdalena Hartman, Vice President at NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group said: “We are very proud to have reached 400 million contracts, a milestone in the industry that only a handful of European indexes have achieved. Amid continuous change in the global marketplace, the OMXS30 Index has for over two decades consistently been a reliable investment indicator for the Nordic financial markets”.

As of December 19 this year, OMXS30 futures and options will only be available for trading at NASDAQ OMX Stockholm as a result of the termination of the agreement with EDX London who today offers trading in OMXS30 derivatives.