The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.(SM) announces consolidated market performance statistics for its U.S. and Nordic exchanges for the month of December 2008. The figures include equities trading, exchange traded fund and derivatives trading.
The average daily number of matched trades executed on all NASDAQ OMX exchanges in December 2008 increased 47% over the same month last year.
The NASDAQ Stock Market’s (NASDAQ(r)) matched share of U.S. equity volume in December 2008 was 27.2%, more than any other U.S. exchange for the twenty-first consecutive month.
Average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities last month increased 38% from December 2007. Total matched volume in U.S. equities in last month was 51.6 billion shares, compared to 34.0 billion in December 2007. Average daily matched trade count in U.S. equities was 10.9 million, an increase of 48% over December 2007.
NASDAQ’s total matched volume in NYSE-listed securities in December 2008 was 21.6 billion shares, an increase from 11.8 billion shares in December 2007. Average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks increased 67% compared with the same period last year.
NASDAQ’s average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in December 2008 was 623 million shares, more than any other U.S. exchange. Average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs increased 125% over the same period last year. NASDAQ’s average daily matched trade count in U.S. ETFs increased 209% from December 2007.
-Equities Trading. The average daily value traded on NASDAQ OMX exchanges totaled US$64.4 billion (€ 47.9 billion) in December 2008. The average daily number of trades executed on NASDAQ OMX exchanges totaled 11.1 million in December 2008, an increase of 47% over the same month last year.
NASDAQ’s matched share of U.S. equity volume in December 2008 was more than any other U.S. exchange for the twenty-first consecutive month at 27.2%. NASDAQ’s average daily matched volume in all U.S. securities was 2.3 billion shares in December 2008, a 38% increase from December 2007.
NASDAQ’s total matched volume in U.S. equities in December was 51.6 billion shares, an increase from 34.0 billion in December 2007. The NASDAQ Stock Market’s average daily matched trade count in U.S. equities was 10.9 million, an increase of 48% over December 2007.
NASDAQ’s total matched volume in NYSE-listed securities in December 2008 was 21.6 billion shares, compared to 11.8 billion shares in December 2007. NASDAQ’s average daily matched volume in NYSE-listed stocks was 984 million shares in December, a 67% increase compared with the same period last year. NASDAQ’s matched market share in NYSE-listed securities last month was 20.0%, an increase of 1.7% over the same period one year ago.
Average daily matched volume in NASDAQ-listed securities in December was 762 million shares. Total matched trade count in NASDAQ-listed securities last month was 70.7 million, compared with 70.5 million in December 2007.
In December, 18.7% of NASDAQ’s matched volume resulted from non-displayed orders, adding 10.0 billion shares of dark liquidity to the NASDAQ book.
On all the Nordic and Baltic Markets, the average daily number of trades was 200.7 thousand in December 2008. Average daily value traded was US$2.5 billion (€ 1.9 billion).
-ETF Trading. NASDAQ’s average daily matched share volume of U.S. ETFs in December 2008 was 623 million shares, more than any other U.S. exchange, representing a gain of 125% over the same period last year. Average daily trade count last month was 2.1 million, a 209% increase from December 2007. NASDAQ’s matched share volume in U.S. ETFs was 13.7 billion shares and its matched market share in U.S. ETFs last month was 34.8%.
-Derivatives Trading. The average daily matched volume of NASDAQ OMX exchanges in U.S. equity options totaled 1.8 million contracts in December 2008. NASDAQ OMX exchanges’ matched market share of U.S. equities options was 19.8%, a 1.4% gain from the same period one year ago.
The average daily volume in all equity and fixed-income derivative products traded on the Nordic Exchanges totaled 394.9 thousand contracts in December 2008. The average daily trading volume in share products, index products and fixed income products changed -17%, 9%, and -31%, respectively, compared with December 2007.
An additional 113.2 thousand Nordic equity derivative contracts traded on the EDX derivatives exchange on an average daily basis during December 2008, a 26% decrease from 152.7 thousand contracts in December 2007.
-Bond Trading. The average daily value traded in fixed income securities on NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the Nordic region in December 2008 totaled US$67.3 million (€ 50 million).
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