Semi-Annual Review of NASDAQ OMX Carbon Indexes

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec 1, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. ("NASDAQ") (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced the results of the semi-annual review of the NASDAQ OMX Carbon Indexes (Nasdaq:NOCO) became effective with the market open on Monday, December 1, 2008.

The review resulted in two futures being added to the tradable versions of the NASDAQ OMX Carbon Indexes. The Certified Emissions Reduction (CER) future traded on the European Climate Exchange (ECX) and the European Union Emission Allowances (EUA) future traded on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) qualified as new components in the tradable versions of the Indexes. The review did not result in any changes for the benchmark indexes, which contains European Union Allowance (EUA) futures traded on Nord Pool -- a power derivatives exchange -- ECX and EEX and CER futures traded on Nord Pool and ECX.

NASDAQ OMX Carbon Indexes, launched in June 2008, is an index family constructed for derivatives products as well as benchmarking purposes for the global carbon market.

The NASDAQ OMX Carbon Index series is liquidity-based and is made up of six indexes; three benchmark and three tradable indexes. All indexes are calculated in both euro and the U.S. dollar. The tradable indexes are calculated as excess return and represent the weighted return of the price development in the underlying future contracts, including the roll return.

The Indexes are reviewed on a semi-annual basis in December and June. For more information about the NASDAQ OMX Carbon Indexes, visit: http://www.omxnordicexchange.com/products/indexes/ or www.NASDAQ.com.

About NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group

NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group is engaged in the design, development, calculation, licensing, and marketing of NASDAQ OMX Indexes. NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group specializes in the development of indexes focusing on NASDAQ OMX's brand themes of innovation, technology, growth, and globalization. NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group also provides custom index services and design solutions as a third-party provider to selected financial organizations. For more information about NASDAQ OMX indexes, visit www.nasdaq.com/indexes.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, and with over 3,900 companies, it is number one in worldwide listings among major markets. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; the OMX Nordic Exchange, including First North; and the and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 60 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. OMX Nordic Exchange is not a legal entity but describes the common offering from Nasdaq OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit www.nasdaqomx.com.

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