The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.(sm) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced consolidated market performance statistics for its U.S. and Nordic exchanges for the month of July 2008.
Business Highlights
-- NASDAQ's matched share of U.S. equity volume in July 2008 was more than any other U.S. exchange for the sixteenth consecutive month at 30.3%, compared with 29.1% during the same period last year.
- The NASDAQ Stock Market's average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities was a record 2.9 billion shares in July 2008, an increase of 57.3% from July 2007.
-- Average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks was a record 1.35 billion shares in July 2008, representing a 120% increase compared with the same period last year.
- NASDAQ's matched market share in NYSE-listed securities last month was a record 23.7%, up from 17.5% in July 2007.
-- The NASDAQ Stock Market's average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in July 2008 was a record 640 million shares, more than any other U.S. exchange, representing a gain of 150.0% from the same period last year.
-- The average daily value traded in fixed income securities on NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the Nordic region in July 2008 amounted to EUR 107 million, an increase of 17.7% from July 2007.
Equities Trading
The average daily value traded on NASDAQ OMX exchanges totaled USD116.2 billion (EUR73.6 billion) in July 2008 as compared with USD113.5 billion (EUR82.9 billion) in July 2007, representing an increase of 2.4%. The average daily number of trades executed on NASDAQ OMX exchanges totaled 13.9 million in July 2008, representing a 86.3% increase from the same month last year.
The NASDAQ Stock Market's average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities was a record 2.9 billion shares in July 2008, an increase of 57.3% from July 2007. NASDAQ's matched share of U.S. equity volume in July 2008 was more than any other U.S. exchange for the sixteenth consecutive month at 30.3%, compared with 29.1% during the same period last year. The NASDAQ Stock Market's average daily matched trade count in U.S. equities increased 88.0% from last year.
Average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks was a record 1.35 billion shares in July 2008, representing a 120% increase compared with the same period last year. NASDAQ's matched market share in NYSE-listed securities last month was a record 23.7%, up from 17.5% in July 2007.
Average daily matched volume in NASDAQ-listed securities was 987 million shares, a two percent increase from the previous month.
During the month of July, 18.3% of NASDAQ's matched volume resulted from non-displayed orders, adding 12.4 billion shares of dark liquidity to the NASDAQ book.
On all the Nordic and Baltic Markets, the average daily number of trades was 187.1 thousand in July 2008, an increase of 8.0% from July 2007. In July 2008, average daily value traded was USD5.0 billion (EUR3.2 billion), an 11% decrease from the previous month.
Derivatives Trading
The average daily matched volume of NASDAQ exchanges in U.S. equity options totaled 2.57 million contracts in July 2008, representing an increase of 37.9% over July 2007. NASDAQ exchanges' matched market share of U.S. equities options was 16.7%, compared with 17.0% during the same period last year.
The average daily volume in all equity and fixed-income derivative products traded on the Nordic Exchanges totaled 323.7 thousand contracts in July 2008. The average daily trading volume in share products, index products and fixed income products changed -39.7%, 20.3%, and 58.6%, respectively, compared with July 2007.
An additional 165.8 thousand Nordic equity derivative contracts traded on the EDX derivatives exchange on an average daily basis during July 2008, an increase of 23.3% from 134.5 thousand in July 2007.
Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Trading
The NASDAQ Stock Market's average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in July 2008 was a record 640 million shares, more than any other U.S. exchange, representing a gain of 150.0% from the same period last year. NASDAQ's Matched market share in U.S. ETFs last month was 38.1%, compared with 34.6% in July 2007.
The average daily value traded in ETFs on NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the Nordic region last month totaled EUR 149 million.
Bond Trading
The average daily value traded in fixed income securities on NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the Nordic region in July 2008 amounted to EUR 107 million, an increase of 17.7% from July 2007. -- www.nasdaq.com
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