Record turnover and trades on OMX’s exchanges

Yesterday, share turnover and number of trades on OMX’s exchanges reached an all time high.

Share turnover yesterday rose to EUR 7.7 billion (previous record: EUR 7.6 billion on December 5, 2002) and the number of trades totaled 145,199 (previous record: 141,469 trades on January 18, 2006). These were the combined figures for the exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius (pro forma). “The whole of 2005 was characterized by high trading activity, and trading throughout January this year has been extremely high. The number of trades during several of the trading days in January have qualified for the list of 20 best trading days ever,” says Jukka Ruuska, Head of Nordic Marketplaces, OMX. For more information, please contact: Ulrika Olofson, Communications manager, Stockholm Stock Exchange +46 8 405 63 76 About OMX OMX is a leading expert in the exchange industry. As owner and operator of the Nordic Exchange in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, OMX offers access to approximately 80 percent of the Nordic and Baltic securities market. Our integrated technology solutions span the entire transaction chain enabling efficient securities transactions for exchanges, clearing organizations, central securities depositories and other financial institutions around the world. OMX is listed on the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen. For more information please visit www.omxgroup.com.