NASDAQ OMX Armenia Invites Everyone Interested to

Yerevan, Armenia, 2013-10-15 07:21 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following its commitment to increase public awareness of Armenian capital market, NASDAQ OMX Armenia and Central Depository of Armenia are pleased to invite everyone interested to visit the stock exchange and the central depository within «My Finance Month» program by the Central Bank of Armenia.

During the visit participants will learn about two of the most important financial institutions of capital market, the stock exchange and the central depository, their role and activities, as well as recent developments of the Armenian capital market.

Visits will take place on October 15 and 22 within “Financial Bus Tour” event. During the Financial Bus Tour participants will visit financial institutions of Armenia via two routes, banking and insurance, having short excursions and meetings with representatives of various financial institutions. 

Visit to NASDAQ OMX Armenia is scheduled on “Banking” route of Financial Bus Tour.

In order to register for a visit to NASDAQ OMX Armenia, please call +374 10 543 321 ext. 115, while more information on “Financial Bus Tour” event is available on www.abcfinance.am web-site.

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 26 markets including 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-55 microsecond average 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 3,300 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 (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)

In January 2008, Nordic exchange operator OMX Group acquired 100% of the shares of the Armenian Stock Exchange (Armex) and the Central Depository of Armenia (CDA). After the combination of NASDAQ and OMX in February 2008, Armex and CDA became fully owned by the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. On January 26, 2009, “Armenian Stock Exchange” ojsc was officially renamed as “NASDAQ OMX Armenia” ojsc. On June 5, 2009, “NASDAQ OMX Armenia” ojsc became the owner of 100% of the shares of the “Central Depository of Armenia” ojsc.

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