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National Stock Exchange Announces Record January ETF Trading Volume Surpasses $2.2 Trillion

Date 14/02/2008

National Stock Exchange(SM) (NSX(R)) today announced that notional trading volume in U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) for January 2008 reached a record monthly total of $2.23 trillion in January 2008, an increase of approximately 236% over January 2007 when ETF notional trading volume reached $664.5 billion.

ETF assets reached $587.1 billion at the end of January 2008, an increase of 34 percent over $437.8 billion posted during January 2007. In addition, ETF net cash flow for January 2008 totaled $1.24 billion, a substantial increase over January 2007 when ETF net cash flow reached $29 million.

This data is included in NSX's January 2008 Month-End ETF Data Report released today. NSX began publishing Month-End ETF Data Reports with the release of the June 2007 Report. These Data Reports are published following the end of each calendar month.

The NSX monthly statistics include shares of open-end exchange-traded products, encompassing listed shares of investment companies, grantor trusts, Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) and commodity pools.

NSX's full report provides ETF data on Assets Under Management (AUM), Net Cash Flow and Notional Volume, broken out by Issuer, by Category, and the Top 10 ETFs by Size. To view NSX's full ETF Data Report, go to: http://www.nsx.com/marketdata_monthly_etf.html.

In addition, NSX publishes a product-by-product breakdown of the 678 ETFs on which the data is based. This list can be accessed at: http://www.nsx.com/marketdata_monthly_etf2.html.

NSX is the cost-effective provider of exchange services, committed to aligning its interests with those of its customers. Founded in 1885, NSX has been a driving force for change in the world of securities exchanges and continues to lead the way in exchange innovation. For more information on NSX, visit http://www.nsx.com.