NASDAQ OMX Announces March 2009 Market Performance

The NASDAQ Stock Market's Matched Market Share of U.S. Equity Volume Surpassed
All Other U.S. Exchanges for the Twenty-Fourth Straight Month 

NEW YORK, April 22, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.(sm)
(Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced consolidated market performance statistics for
its U.S. exchanges for the month of March 2009. 

 * The NASDAQ Stock Market's (NASDAQ(r)) matched share of U.S. equity
   volume in March 2009 was 22.5%, more than any other U.S. exchange
   for the twenty-fourth consecutive month.
   -- The average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities last
      month was 2.8 billion shares, a 10% increase over March 2008.
   -- The average daily matched trade count in U.S. equities was 12.0
      million, an increase of 7% over March 2008.
   -- During March, 15.5% of NASDAQ's matched volume resulted from
      non-displayed orders, adding 9.5 billion shares of dark
      liquidity to the NASDAQ book.

 * Matched market share in NYSE-listed securities during March 2009
   was 16.5%.
   -- The average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks was 1.2
      billion shares, a 2% increase over February 2009 and a 19%
      increase over March 2008.

 * Matched market share in NASDAQ-listed securities during March 2009
   was 36.4%.
   -- NASDAQ's average daily matched share volume in NASDAQ-listed
      securities during March was 852 million shares.

 * NASDAQ OMX BX's (BX) matched share of U.S. equity volume in March
   was .33%. In February, matched share on NASDAQ OMX BX -- a new
   trading platform that provides a second quote for U.S. cash
   equities -- was .11%.
   -- BX's total matched volume in U.S. equities in March was 885
      million shares, an increase of 244% over the previous month.

 * Matched market share in U.S. ETFs during March 2009 was 28.4%, more
   than any other U.S. exchange.
   -- Average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in March was 755
      million shares, increasing 51% over the same period one year ago.

 * NASDAQ OMX exchanges' matched market share of U.S. equity options
   was 20.4% last month, compared with 14.9% in March 2008.
   -- The average daily matched volume of NASDAQ OMX exchanges in U.S.
      equity options totaled 3.0 million contracts in March 2009.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Monthly Volume and Market Share Report is available
at http://media.primezone.com/cache/6948/file/6809.pdf 

To download more detailed information on NASDAQ OMX and overall U.S. market
activity, including FINRA/NASDAQ TRF, NASDAQ Reported, NASDAQ Routed, NASDAQ
Handled and Consolidated figures, visit
http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/content/marketstatistics/marketshare/useq.xls. 

For information about these and other NASDAQ performance statistics, visit
www.nasdaqtrader.com/marketshare. 

For this month's detailed statistics on NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the Nordic and
Baltic regions, including national figures, visit 

http://omxnordicexchange.com/newsandstatistics/statisticsanalysis/StatisticsNE/S
tatisticsNEArticle?releaseId=418190&lang. 

About the NASDAQ OMX Group

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers
trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents,
with over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising
solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market,
NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A
sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including
equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and
exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70
exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more
than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal
entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in
Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more
information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. 

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NASDAQ OMX Announces March 2009 Market Performance Statistics for U.S. Exchanges
