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NDAQ – Nasdaq OMX Group

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. provides trading, exchange technology, securities listing, and public company services worldwide. It offers trading across various asset classes, including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products, and exchange traded funds; capital formation solutions; financial services and exchanges technology; market data products; and financial indexes. The company provides various capital raising solutions for private and public companies. It also offers broker services comprising technology and customized securities administration solutions, such as back-office systems to financial participants. As of December 31, 2008, a total of 3,023 companies listed securities on The NASDAQ Stock Market representing various industries, including telecommunication services and information technology, financial services, healthcare, consumer products, industrials, and energy. The NASDAQ OMX Group supports the operations of approximately 70 exchanges, clearing organizations, and central securities depositories. In addition, it provides technology solutions for trading, clearing and settlement, and information dissemination, as well as offers facility management integration and advisory services. The company was formerly known as The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and changed its name to The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. in February 2008. The NASDAQ OMX Group was founded in 1971 and is based in New York, New York. NDAQ ended the trading day on Friday at $21.99 up $0.68 or 3.19 percent for the week on 13.4 million trading volume.