The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced changes to the NASDAQ OMX 100 Index(sm) (Symbol:QOMX) as a part of the yearly rebalancing process. The NASDAQ OMX 100 Index is a market-capitalization weighted index comprised of the 100 largest companies listed on the combined exchanges of the NASDAQ OMX Group.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund (Nasdaq:IBB) began trading today on The NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ ). Barclays Global Investors (BGI), one of the world's largest institutional asset managers and Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) managers, transferred the fund to NASDAQ from the American Stock Exchange.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE), the largest stock exchange in Vietnam, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intent to support development of the Vietnamese securities market. The objective of the agreement is to leverage NASDAQ OMX's technology and market experience in order to strengthen infrastructure, efficiency and liquidity at HOSE and the Vietnamese capital market as a whole.

At the end of the settlement date of September 15, 2008, short interest in 2,615 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securities totaled 9,887,521,820 shares compared with 9,795,107,997 shares in 2,624 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of August 29, 2008. The mid-September short interest represents 5.21 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 5.39 days for the prior reporting period.

NASDAQ OMX Europe commenced trading today just six months after announcing its intent to launch a multilateral trading facility (MTF). Trading has begun in 25 FTSE 100 stocks and this will be followed by a staggered roll-out of approximately 600 European securities, to be completed by the end of October.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today it will offer pricing based on global transaction volume, together with new listing services which will allow companies to more easily list on multiple NASDAQ OMX markets worldwide. It is the first global exchange to offer these services and benefits as part of its business model.

The NASDAQ OMX Group (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that futures contracts based on the NASDAQ-100 Index have crossed the 5/25 milestone -- 500 million contracts traded/$25 trillion in notional value. Moreover, trading of futures on the NASDAQ-100 Index is fast approaching 600 million contracts worth over $25 trillion in notional value on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

The NASDAQ Stock Market announced that A.T. Cross Company (AMEX:ATX) (Nasdaq:ATX) began trading on The NASDAQ Stock Market, an exchange of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ).

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the quarterly reranking of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index(sm) (Nasdaq:NXTQ), which will become effective with the market open on Monday, September 22, 2008.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that The NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) has listed six new exchange-traded funds (ETF) sponsored by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC -- a leading provider of ETFs.

At the end of the settlement date of August 29, 2008, short interest in 2,624 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securities totaled 9,795,107,997 shares compared with 9,958,393,238 shares in 2,620 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of August 15, 2008. The end-of-August short interest represents 5.39 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.52 days for the prior reporting period.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.(sm) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced consolidated market performance statistics for its U.S. and Nordic exchanges for the month of August 2008.