Ryanair Holdings plc today has a NASDAQ listed market capitalization of $5.6 billion, which will be used in the NASDAQ-100 Index weighting, and a worldwide market capitalization of $12.3 billion. Ryanair is Europe's largest low fares airline with 19 bases and 454 low fare routes across 24 countries. Ryanair currently employs a team of 3,900 people and expects to carry approximately 50 million passengers this year, making it the world's largest international scheduled airline .
The NASDAQ-100 Index, launched in January 1985, is one of the most widely followed benchmarks in the world. The NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock represents ownership in the NASDAQ-100 Trust. The Trust holds a portfolio of equity securities that compose the NASDAQ-100 Index and aims to provide investment results that generally correspond with the performance of the Index.
NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, its systems trade more shares per day than any other U.S. market.
NASDAQ is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks. For more information about NASDAQ, visit the NASDAQ Web site at http://www.nasdaq.com or the NASDAQ Newsroom at http://www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/ . -- www.nasdaq.com
Posted February 13th, 2007 by ruzik_tuzik
