Semi-Annual Review Of OMX Stockholm 30 Index And Launch Of New OMX Stockholm 60 Index

NASDAQ OMX Nordic, part of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Stockholm 30 Index (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: OMXS30), which will become effective with the market open on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

NASDAQ OMX will add Getinge AB and Modern Times Group MTG AB to OMXS30.

As a result of the re-ranking Eniro AB will removed from OMXS30.

“The OMXS30 Index is one of Europe's most traded indexes and includes 30 of Sweden's most traded blue chip stocks.,. Its high liquidity combined with a high correlation of 99.9 per cent with the OMX Stockholm All Share index gives the investor an excellent opportunity to trade the market at a low cost” said NASDAQ OMX Vice President Magdalena Hartman.

The OMXS30 is composed of the 30 most traded stocks on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and dates back to September 1986. The OMXS30 Index is designed to track the Swedish stock market and act as underlying for financial products such as options, futures, exchange-traded funds and mutual funds. OMXS30 is re-ranked semi-annually in January and July.

The OMX Stockholm 30 Index constituents after review effective July 1, 2009 are:

ABB Ltd
Alfa Laval AB
ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B
Atlas Copco AB ser. A
Atlas Copco AB ser. B
AstraZeneca PLC
Boliden AB
Electrolux, AB ser. B
Ericsson, Telefonab. L M ser. B
Getinge AB ser. B
Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B
Investor AB ser. B
Lundin Petroleum AB
Modern Times Group MTG AB, ser. B
Nordea Bank AB
Nokia Corporation
Sandvik AB
Svenska Cellulosa AB ser. B
SCANIA AB ser. B
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken ser. A
Securitas AB ser. B
Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A
Skanska AB ser. B
SKF, AB ser. B
SSAB AB ser. A
Swedbank AB ser. A
Swedish Match AB
Tele2 AB ser. B
TeliaSonera AB
Volvo, AB ser. B

Launch of new OMX Stockholm 60 index

NASDAQ OMX continuously strives to improve the product offering and provide the market with excellent investment products and will therefore launch a new portfolio index, OMX Stockholm 60 (OMXS60) on July 1, 2009. The OMXS60 index includes the 60 most traded stocks on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and is designed to enable investors to track the overall market performance with good correlation and low transaction costs. The index is a free float market capitalization weighted index, based on the OMXS30 index rules and revised semi-annually in July and December.