Dubai Financial Market Migrates to New Trading Platform From NASDAQ OMX

STOCKHOLM, Sweden and NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX
Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today reported that Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has
successfully completed migration to its new trading platform from NASDAQ OMX.
DFM's system launch, which took place on October 29, received immediate positive
acknowledgement from participating members and the investing public.

The trading platform from NASDAQ OMX replaces DFM's previous system, also from
NASDAQ OMX, and is designed to create a more efficient marketplace and trading
experience for DFM members. The system enables trading of cash equities with
potential for derivatives products.

Lars Ottersgard, Senior Vice President, NASDAQ OMX Market Technology said,
"DFM's system launch marks an important day in Dubai's exchange history, and
will act as a driver of the development of the regional marketplace. Through its
system upgrade DFM will be able to offer its members significant capacity and
latency advantages and the ability to more quickly and easily introduce new
products."

Hassan Al Serkal, Senior Vice President & Chief Operations Officer (COO) -
Operations Division, Dubai Financial Market said, "We are very pleased to have
rolled out a high-end trading platform that we are confident will act as a
springboard to a more efficient, liquid and thus attractive market. NASDAQ OMX'
technology track record in the Middle East speaks for itself and we look forward
to benefiting from a system that will put our exchange at the technology
forefront."

NASDAQ OMX has eleven customers in the Middle East region and earlier this year
opened a regional office in Dubai driving new business endeavors and supporting
existing customers in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region.

About Dubai Financial Market

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) was established as a public institution having its
own independent corporate body. DFM operates as a secondary market for the
trading of securities issued by public shareholding companies, bonds issued by
the federal Government or any of the local Governments and public institutions
in the country, units of investment funds and any other financial instruments,
local or foreign, which are accepted by the market. The DFM commenced operations
on March 26, 2000. Following its initial public offering in November 2006, when
DFM offered 1.6 billion shares, representing 20 per cent of its paid-up capital
of AED 8 billion, DFM became a public joint stock company. Following the IPO,
the Government of Dubai retained the remaining 80 per cent of DFM Company
through Borse Dubai Limited. www.dfm.ae.

About NASDAQ OMX

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers
trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents,
with over 3,700 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising
solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market,
NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A
sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including
equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and
exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70
exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more
than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal
entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki,
Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information
about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.

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of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about
NASDAQ OMX's products and offerings. We caution that these statements are not
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with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to
release any revisions to any forward-looking statements. There can be no
assurance that the FSA will give the NASDAQ OMX applicant the authorization and
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