Nasdaq OMX Adds 8 New ETFs in Q3, 32 Indexes

NASDAQ OMX (NDAQ) brought out 32 new indexes and listed eight new exchange-traded funds in the third quarter.

Through Sept. 30, the NASDAQ OMX has created 53 new index products in all, according to the exchange's third-quarter global indexes report.

Maybe most notable among third-quarter index achievements for the exchange was the milestone achieved by the NASDAQ-100 Index futures contracts, traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. It joined the S&P 500 Index as one of only two indexes to have more than $500 million futures contracts traded, with a notional value of $25 trillion.

There are 600 investment products based on the NASDAQ-100, including PowerShares QQQ (NasdaqGM: QQQQ).

In the third-quarter ETF listings, all eight were new PowerShares portfolios: 

• Global Agriculture Portfolio (PAGG)
• Global Steel Portfolio (PSTL)
• Global Gold & Precious Metals (PSAU)
• Global Coal Portfolio (PKOL)
• Global Progressive Transportation Portfolio (PTRP)
• Global Biotech Portfolio (PBTQ)
• Global Wind Energy Portfolio (PWND)
• MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio (PMNA)

NASDAQ OMX also had two indexes serving as the basis for new exchange-traded funds listing on international exchanges in the third quarter. PowerShares Global Agriculture Fund [LSE: PSGA], joined the Ireland-based family of PowerShares portfolios; while the ComStage ETF NASDAQ-100 [Xetra: CBNDX] listed in Germany.

In other major index highlights from the third quarter:

• The Philadelphia Stock Exchange's PHLX Sector Index Series was taken over by NASDAQ OMX as a result of the acquisition of the Philly Ex.

• The NASDAQ OMX Europe Index, tracking companies traded on the NASDAQ OMX Europe Marketplace, launched on September 26.

• The NASDAQ Financial-100 Index returned 13.48% in the third quarter.

Among other major NASDAQ OMX Indexes, third-quarter and year-to-date performance were as follows:

Name	Q3 Performance	Year-To-Date Performance
PHLX Housing Index	20.23	(10.16)
NASDAQ-100 Index	(13.20)	(23.52)
NASDAQ Composite Index	(8.77)	(21.13)
NASDAQ OMX Global Biotech	5.02	0.13
NASDAQ Transportation Index	(12.70)	(20.69)

The new indexes, and price variants, comprising the 32 indexes added in Q3 are:

• NASDAQ OMX Global Agriculture Index
• NASDAQ OMX Global Gold & Precious Metals Index
• NASDAQ OMX Global Biotechnology Index1
• NASDAQ OMX Global Coal Index
• NASDAQ OMX Global Steel Index
• NASDAQ OMX Ireland Index
• Wilder NASDAQ OMX Global Energy Efficient                              
• NASDAQ OMX Europe Index
• OMX GES Sustainability Sweden Price Index
• OMX GES Sustainability Sweden Ethical Price Index
• OMX GES Ethical Nordic Index
• OMX GES Ethical Sweden Index
• OMX GES Ethical Denmark Index
• OMX GES Ethical Finland Index
• OMX GES Ethical Norway Index
• OMX GES OMXS-30 Ethical Index