The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
29.10.2012 04:47
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NEW YORK, 2012-10-29 04:47 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), parent of the world's first
electronic stock market, today announced The NASDAQ Stock Market and other
NASDAQ OMX-owned U.S exchanges and markets and the FINRA/NASDAQ Trade Reporting
Facility will be closed for business on Monday, October 29 and and pending
confirmation on Tuesday, October 30. All other NASDAQ OMX exchanges outside the
U.S. will be open for business on Monday and Tuesday as scheduled.
The following NASDAQ OMX U.S. exchanges and markets and the FINRA/NASDAQ Trade
Reporting Facility will be closed on Monday due to Hurricane Sandy:
-- The NASDAQ Stock Market
-- NASDAQ OMX BX
-- NASDAQ OMX PSX
-- The NASDAQ Options Market
-- NASDAQ OMX PHLX
-- NASDAQ OMX BX Options
-- The NASDAQ OMX Futures Exchange
-- NASDAQ OMX U.S. Commodities (NOCC)
-- FINRA/NASDAQ Trade Reporting Facility (ACT)
The decision was made in consultation with other U.S. exchanges, government
officials and regulators - including the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC). The continuity of our markets and a variety of factors related to
Hurricane Sandy's movement up the Eastern Seaboard were considered, including
the state of emergencies declared by New York City, New York State and other
state and local governments.
For more information about our business continuity plans, visit
http://www.nasdaqomx.com/.
About NASDAQ OMX Group
The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels
economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of
a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the
U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 23 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central
securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income,
derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more
than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.99+%
uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and
emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities
transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the
benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed
companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we
give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world
takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn
more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NASDAQ)
and Twitter (www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol:NDAQ and member of S&P 500)
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made
under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about
NASDAQ OMX's acquisition of the index business of Mergent, Inc., as well as
NASDAQ OMX's other products and offerings. We caution that these statements are
not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from
those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond
NASDAQ OMX's control. These factors include, but are not limited to factors
detailed in NASDAQ OMX's annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to
release any revisions to any forward-looking statements.
NDAQG
CONTACT: NASDAQ OMX:
Joseph Christinat
Joseph.Christinat@NASDAOMX.Com
+1.646.441.5121
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