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
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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