Business Highlights
* The NASDAQ OMX Carbon Excess Return Index gained 28.90% in the second quarter of 2008 and was NASDAQ OMX's top year-to-date performer through June 30, 2008. The NASDAQ OMX Middle East North Africa Index increased 5.46% through mid-year.
* NASDAQ OMX launched 19 new indexes in the second quarter and a total of 21 through the first half of 2008.
* The NASDAQ ETF Market listed ten new exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the first half of 2008, including four ETFs that are based on NASDAQ OMX indexes.
Index Performance
During the second quarter and the first half of the year, NASDAQ OMX indexes -- the benchmark for 28 ETFs worldwide -- paced the market for both broad-based and sector performance. The table below shows the second quarter and mid-year performances of some of NASDAQ OMX's key indexes:
Name - YTD (6/30/08) - 2nd Quarter
NASDAQ OMX Carbon Excess Return Index - 36.50% - 28.90%
OMX Nordic Energy Index - 6.79% - 13.72%
NASDAQ OMX Middle East North Africa Index - 5.46% - 4.15%
OMRX Real Return Bond Index - 2.60% - 0.47%
NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index - -4.41% - 9.84%
NASDAQ Biotechnology Index - -4.97% - 1.60%
NASDAQ Q-50 Index - -5.96% - 5.32%
OMX Copenhagen 20 Index - -7.86% - -0.88%
NASDAQ-100 Index - -11.89% - 3.10%
NASDAQ Composite Index - -13.55% - 0.61%
NASDAQ Internet Index - -16.64% - 0.96%
FTSE NASDAQ Small Cap Index - -17.51% - -3.37%
OMX Helsinki 25 Index - -17.68% - -8.13%
NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index - -19.80% - 7.73%
NASDAQ China Index - -20.57% - -0.67%
OMX Stockholm 30 Index - -20.69% - -9.92%
NASDAQ Financial-100 Index - -21.60% - -12.57%
OMX Nordic 40 Index - -22.20% - -11.01%
New Indexes
In the first and second quarters, NASDAQ OMX developed the following new indexes:
Name - Ticker
NASDAQ OMX 100 Index - QOMX
NASDAQ OMX 100 EUR Index - QOMX100EUR
NASDAQ OMX Carbon Excess Return Index - NOCO
NASDAQ OMX Carbon Excess Return EU Index - NOCO2
NASDAQ OMX Carbon Benchmark Index - NOCO2BUS
NASDAQ OMX Carbon CER Excess Return Index - NOCO2EUAUS
NASDAQ OMX Carbon EUA Excess Return Index - NOCO2CERUS
NASDAQ OMX Carbon CER Benchmark Index - NOCO2CERBUS
NASDAQ OMX Carbon EUA Benchmark Index - NOCO2EUABUS
NASDAQ OMX Carbon Benchmark Index - NOCO2BEU
NASDAQ OMX Carbon CER Excess Return Index - NOCO2EUAEU
NASDAQ OMX Carbon EUA Excess Return Index - NOCO2CEREU
NASDAQ OMX Carbon CER Benchmark Index - NOCO2CERBEU
NASDAQ OMX Carbon EUA Benchmark Index - NOCO2EUABEU
NASDAQ OMX Middle East North Africa Total Return Index - QMNX
NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Total Return Index - QWNX
NASDAQ OMX Middle East North Africa Index - QMEA
NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index - QWND
NASDAQ Internet Total Return Index - NETX
NASDAQ Q-50 Total Return Index - NTQX
NASDAQ OMX AeA Illinois Tech Index - ILTI -- www.nasdaq.com
