NASDAQ OMX (NDAQ) Reports Increase In February '09 Trading Stats

March 24, 2009 1:26 PM EDT
The NASDAQ OMX Group (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced consolidated market performance statistics for its U.S. and Nordic exchanges for the month of February 2009.

The average daily number of matched trades executed on all NASDAQ OMX exchanges during February 2009 increased 35% over the same month last year. The average daily value traded on NASDAQ OMX exchanges increased 3% over the previous month.

The NASDAQ Stock Market's matched share of U.S. equity volume in February 2009 was 25.7%, more than any other U.S. exchange for the twenty-third consecutive month. The average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities last month increased 10% over January 2009. The average daily matched trade count in U.S. equities was 13.2 million, an increase of 9% over January 2009.

NASDAQ's average daily matched trade count in NYSE-listed securities last month was 6.7 million, a 55% increase over February 2008. The average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks increased 8% over January 2009 and 50% over the same period one year ago. NASDAQ's total matched volume in NYSE-listed securities during February 2009 was 22.5 billion shares, compared with 21.9 billion shares in January 2009.

The average daily matched trade count in NASDAQ-listed securities last month was 3.8 million, an 8% gain over January 2009. The average daily value of matched trading in NASDAQ-listed securities was $17 billion during February 2009, a 5% increase over the previous month. NASDAQ's average daily matched share volume in NASDAQ-listed securities during February was 902 million shares, a 10% increase over January 2009.

NASDAQ's average daily trade count in U.S. ETFs last month was 2.7 million, a 185% increase over February 2008 and a 20% gain over the previous month. Average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in February was more than any other U.S. exchange, increasing 89% over the same period one year ago.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ OMX), is a holding company. The Company is a global exchange group that delivers trading, exchange technology, securities listing, and public company services around six continents. [SM]

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