La catena delle opzioni mostra i dati chiave delle opzioni azionarie di Nasdaq a vari prezzi di esercizio e date di scadenza. I trader utilizzano queste informazioni per analizzare potenziali operazioni e valutare il sentiment del mercato per Nasdaq..

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) Azioni, Catena delle Opzioni

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Founded in 1971, Nasdaq is primarily known for its equity exchange, but in addition to its trading business (about 22.5% of sales), the company sells market and financial data to investors, offers Nasdaq-branded indexes, and lists companies through its capital access segment (42.5%). Nasdaq's newest segment, financial technology, was primarily constructed through the acquisitions of Verafin and Adenza and has expanded the company into capital management, financial crime, and regulatory compliance software (35%) as the firm seeks to become a diversified technology company.

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Barclays analyst Benjamin Budish maintains Nasdaq (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>) with a Overweight and lowers the price target from $87 to $86.

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Barclays Maintains Overweight on Nasdaq, Lowers Price Target to $86

Nasdaq's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NYSE">NDAQ</a>) short percent of float has risen 9.27% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 6.09 million shares sold short, which is 1.65% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.41 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Short selling</a> is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
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<h3>Nasdaq Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
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As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Nasdaq has grown since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to fall in the near-term but traders should be aware that more shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing Nasdaq's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a>, Nasdaq's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 3.34%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers.
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This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.

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How Do Investors Really Feel About Nasdaq?

Oppenheimer analyst Owen Lau maintains Nasdaq (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>) with a Outperform and lowers the price target from $89 to $85.

Oppenheimer Maintains Outperform on Nasdaq, Lowers Price Target to $85

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Shares of banks and financial services companies are trading lower as stocks pull back after surging Wednesday following President Trump's tariff pause announcement.

RBC Capital analyst Ashish Sabadra reiterates Nasdaq (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>) with a Outperform and maintains $95 price target.

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Shares of banks and financial services companies are trading higher amid an overall market surge following President Trump's decision to implement a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for all countries except China.

Dave Portnoy, the outspoken founder of Barstool Sports, <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1907812997105373364">posted</a> a simple question on X&nbsp; last week that hit a nerve in the crypto world: &#8220;If the point of Bitcoin is to be independent of the U.S. Dollar and nonregulated, why does it basically trade exactly like the U.S. stock market nowadays?&#8221;
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&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1907812997105373364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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That one line summed up what a lot of casual investors have been wondering, especially as Bitcoin and crypto stocks took a dive following President Donald Trump's new round of tariffs on Wednesday.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Bitcoin Drops After Tariff News</h2>
Bitcoin had been hovering near $88,000 before Trump&#8217;s announcement. Not long after the tariff policy was unveiled, it slipped below $83,000. It wasn&#8217;t alone. Stocks tanked in after-hours trading, with tech-heavy ETFs like Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/QQQ#NASDAQ">QQQ</a>) falling 4%.
Crypto-linked stocks also followed the same trend. MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MSTR#NASDAQ">MSTR</a>) dropped 7%, Coinbase (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/COIN#NASDAQ">COIN</a>) fell 6%, and Robinhood (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/HOOD#NASDAQ">HOOD</a>) lost 9%.
So much for being &#8220;independent.&#8221;
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why Does Bitcoin Move With Stocks?</h2>
Plenty of people chimed in to answer Portnoy's question. Some pointed to institutional involvement, others blamed emotions, and a few leaned on technical analysis.
&#8220;Bitcoin trades like a risk asset short term because it&#8217;s the most liquid, salable, 24/7 asset on Earth,&#8221; said MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor. &#8220;In times of panic, traders sell what they can, not what they want to.&#8221;
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&mdash; Michael Saylor (@saylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1907973435478732990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And then there&#8217;s plain logic. &#8220;If you needed to pay rent what are you selling first? Apple stock or your crypto bags?&#8221; one user wrote.
Another replied, &#8220;Boom. When you realize big money has already hijacked bitcoin and it's no different than the stock market anymore.&#8221;
Others got sarcastic: &#8220;Day 1 of the bear market: Portnoy discovers what correlation means.&#8221; And: &#8220;It used to be a currency before it was hijacked and turned into a collectible.&#8221; Prominent analyst Benjamin Cowen also piled on, saying, &#8220;How can you be your age and write something like that?&#8221;
Some users defended Bitcoin&#8217;s original intent. &#8220;Traders are the froth. Hodlers are the floor,&#8221; one said. Another added, &#8220;Bitcoin is the best-performing asset over the last 15 years.&#8221;
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Tariffs, Inflation, and Market Fear</h2>
This latest Bitcoin drop didn&#8217;t come out of nowhere. Wall Street was already reeling from inflation data and weak consumer sentiment. On Friday, a few days before &#8220;Liberation Day,&#8221; The Dow Jones Industrial Average <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/personal-finance/25/04/44626208/crypto-market-update-as-wall-street-sells-off-is-bitcoin-showing-strength-for-the-weeks-ahead">fell over 700 points</a>, the S&amp;P 500 slid 2%, and the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>) lost nearly 3%.
Then came Trump's tariff announcement, renewing trade war fears. The Atlanta Fed&#8217;s GDPNow <a href="https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnow">forecast</a> now shows a 2.8% GDP decline for Q1, up from -3.7% on April 1.
While Bitcoin has shown some resilience compared to stocks, it's still moving in the same direction when fear hits.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Could Bitcoin Break Away?</h2>
Some still believe in one of Bitcoin's original promises: a <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/25/04/44628685/bitcoin-is-a-realistic-global-reserve-asset-experts-say">decentralized hedge against economic chaos</a>. But for now, most agree that Bitcoin is still a risk-on asset, and it trades like one.&nbsp;
As Portnoy pointed out, it looks more and more like <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/25/04/44631522/bitcoin-as-trump-tariff-safe-haven-not-yet-but-might-decouple-over-time-expert-says">just another part of the system</a> it was meant to replace—&#8221;Market up, bitcoin up. Market down, bitcoin down.&#8221; Or, as Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki, <a href="https://x.com/GerberKawasaki/status/1907928295104196974">said</a>, &#8220;BTC price movements are related to sentiment. Risk on, up. Risk off, down.&#8221;
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Dave Portnoy Says What Many Are Thinking, 'If Bitcoin's Supposed To Be Independent of Dollar, Why Does It Trade Just Like The Stock Market?'

Citigroup analyst Christopher Allen maintains Nasdaq (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>) with a Neutral and lowers the price target from $84 to $75.

Citigroup Maintains Neutral on Nasdaq, Lowers Price Target to $75

Piper Sandler analyst Richard Repetto maintains Nasdaq (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>) with a Overweight and raises the price target from $80 to $83.

Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Nasdaq, Raises Price Target to $83

Analysts' ratings for Nasdaq (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>) over the last quarter vary from bullish to bearish, as provided by 12 analysts.
The table below provides a snapshot of their recent ratings, showcasing how sentiments have evolved over the past 30 days and comparing them to the preceding months.
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The 12-month price targets assessed by analysts reveal further insights, featuring an average target of $92.67, a high estimate of $105.00, and a low estimate of $84.00. Witnessing a positive shift, the current average has risen by 3.45% from the previous average price target of $89.58.
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<h2>Breaking Down Analyst Ratings: A Detailed Examination</h2>
In examining recent analyst actions, we gain insights into how financial experts perceive Nasdaq. The following summary outlines key analysts, their recent evaluations, and adjustments to ratings and price targets.
&#x7C; Analyst &#x7C; Analyst Firm &#x7C; Action Taken &#x7C; Rating &#x7C;Current Price Target&#x7C; Prior Price Target &#x7C; 
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&#x7C;Benjamin Budish &#x7C;Barclays &#x7C;Lowers &#x7C;Overweight &#x7C; $87.00&#x7C;$95.00 &#x7C; 
&#x7C;Craig Siegenthaler &#x7C;B of A Securities &#x7C;Raises &#x7C;Buy &#x7C; $105.00&#x7C;$103.00 &#x7C; 
&#x7C;Alex Kramm &#x7C;UBS &#x7C;Raises &#x7C;Neutral &#x7C; $89.00&#x7C;$79.00 &#x7C; 
&#x7C;Ashish Sabadra &#x7C;RBC Capital &#x7C;Maintains &#x7C;Outperform &#x7C; $95.00&#x7C;$95.00 &#x7C; 
&#x7C;Michael Cho &#x7C;JP Morgan &#x7C;Raises &#x7C;Overweight &#x7C; $95.00&#x7C;$88.00 &#x7C; 
&#x7C;Benjamin Budish &#x7C;Barclays &#x7C;Lowers &#x7C;Overweight &#x7C; $95.00&#x7C;$96.00 &#x7C; 
&#x7C;Owen Lau &#x7C;Oppenheimer &#x7C;Raises &#x7C;Outperform &#x7C; $89.00&#x7C;$86.00 &#x7C; 
&#x7C;Benjamin Budish &#x7C;Barclays &#x7C;Lowers &#x7C;Overweight &#x7C; $96.00&#x7C;$97.00 &#x7C; 
&#x7C;Christopher Allen &#x7C;Citigroup &#x7C;Raises &#x7C;Neutral &#x7C; $84.00&#x7C;$78.00 &#x7C; 
&#x7C;Patrick O'Shaughnessy&#x7C;Raymond James &#x7C;Raises &#x7C;Outperform &#x7C; $84.00&#x7C;$83.00 &#x7C; 
&#x7C;Ashish Sabadra &#x7C;RBC Capital &#x7C;Maintains &#x7C;Outperform &#x7C; $95.00&#x7C;$95.00 &#x7C; 
&#x7C;Brian Bedell &#x7C;Deutsche Bank &#x7C;Raises &#x7C;Buy &#x7C; $98.00&#x7C;$80.00 &#x7C;
<h3>Key Insights:</h3>
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<li>Action Taken: Analysts respond to changes in market conditions and company performance, frequently updating their recommendations. Whether they 'Maintain', 'Raise' or 'Lower' their stance, it reflects their reaction to recent developments related to Nasdaq. This information offers a snapshot of how analysts perceive the current state of the company.</li>
<li>Rating: Analysts unravel qualitative evaluations for stocks, ranging from 'Outperform' to 'Underperform'. These ratings offer insights into expectations for the relative performance of Nasdaq compared to the broader market.</li>
<li>Price Targets: Analysts predict movements in price targets, offering estimates for Nasdaq's future value. Examining the current and prior targets offers insights into analysts' evolving expectations.</li>
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Considering these analyst evaluations in conjunction with other financial indicators can offer a comprehensive understanding of Nasdaq's market position. Stay informed and make well-informed decisions with our Ratings Table.
<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/NDAQ/analyst-ratings?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=analyst-ratings&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Stay up to date on Nasdaq analyst ratings.</a>
<h2>Unveiling the Story Behind Nasdaq</h2>
Founded in 1971, Nasdaq is primarily known for its equity exchange, but in addition to its trading business (about 22.5% of sales), the company sells market and financial data to investors, offers Nasdaq-branded indexes, and lists companies through its capital access segment (42.5%). Nasdaq's newest segment, financial technology, was primarily constructed through the acquisitions of Verafin and Adenza and has expanded the company into capital management, financial crime, and regulatory compliance software (35%) as the firm seeks to become a diversified technology company.
<h3>Unraveling the Financial Story of Nasdaq</h3>
Market Capitalization Analysis: The company's market capitalization is above the industry average, indicating that it is relatively larger in size compared to peers. This may suggest a higher level of investor confidence and market recognition.
Revenue Growth: Nasdaq's revenue growth over a period of 3M has been noteworthy. As of 31 December, 2024, the company achieved a revenue growth rate of approximately 23.25%. This indicates a substantial increase in the company's top-line earnings. When compared to others in the Financials sector, the company faces challenges, achieving a growth rate lower than the average among peers.
Net Margin: Nasdaq's net margin is below industry averages, indicating potential challenges in maintaining strong profitability. With a net margin of 17.49%, the company may face hurdles in effective cost management.
Return on Equity (ROE): Nasdaq's ROE surpasses industry standards, highlighting the company's exceptional financial performance. With an impressive 3.19% ROE, the company effectively utilizes shareholder equity capital.
Return on Assets (ROA): Nasdaq's ROA lags behind industry averages, suggesting challenges in maximizing returns from its assets. With an ROA of 1.16%, the company may face hurdles in achieving optimal financial performance.
Debt Management: The company maintains a balanced debt approach with a debt-to-equity ratio below industry norms, standing at 0.88.
<h2>Analyst Ratings: What Are They?</h2>
Analysts work in banking and financial systems and typically specialize in reporting for stocks or defined sectors. Analysts may attend company conference calls and meetings, research company financial statements, and communicate with insiders to publish "analyst ratings" for stocks. Analysts typically rate each stock once per quarter.
Some analysts will also offer forecasts for metrics like growth estimates, earnings, and revenue to provide further guidance on stocks. Investors who use analyst ratings should note that this specialized advice comes from humans and may be subject to error.
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Expert Outlook: Nasdaq Through The Eyes Of 12 Analysts

Barclays analyst Benjamin Budish maintains Nasdaq (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>) with a Overweight and lowers the price target from $95 to $87.

Barclays Maintains Overweight on Nasdaq, Lowers Price Target to $87

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Shares of capital market companies are trading lower as markets react to President Trump's announcement of sweeping tariffs.

Macro uncertainty has delayed the timeline for an IPO comeback, but there remains substantial pent-up supply for equity issuance.
That&#8217;s according to BofA Securities analyst Craig Siegenthaler, who <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/topic/exchanges" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">maintained all of his</a> ratings and continues to look for a reopening in the second half of 2025. 
This will restart Nasdaq, Inc&#8216;s (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>) strategic flywheel across listings, trading, and corporate services, he says.
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Siegenthaler continued to forecast the highest 12-month upside for: 
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<li>Tradeweb Markets Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TW#NASDAQ">TW</a>); Buy rating, price target $212 from $197.</li>
<li>BGC Group, Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BGC#NASDAQ">BGC</a>); Buy rating, price target $15 from $16.</li>
<li>Nasdaq; Buy rating, price target $105 from $103.</li>
<li>Cboe Global Markets, Inc (BATS:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CBOE#BATS">CBOE</a>); Buy rating, price target $260 from $251.</li>
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There is a significant runway left in the electronification of fixed-income markets at Tradeweb Markets, and given their considerable rates business, the analyst noted that Tradeweb Markets will capitalize on the political uncertainty in Washington.
Siegenthaler will look for BGC Group to launch Treasury futures within days and expect their share of the $2 billion revenue per year interest rate futures market to continue accelerating, surpassing 10% in 2027.
The increasingly uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop produced ideal conditions for trading across asset classes. 
Accordingly, Siegenthaler raised EPS for his entire market structure coverage. While the analyst expects some downward normalization in volumes into the second half of 2025 (in parallel with a pickup in IPOs), ongoing geopolitical uncertainty will remain an important trading catalyst.
Given his view of second-half normalizations, we are less bullish on Exchange stocks (which outperformed) than the Alts and Brokers.
With market structure stocks up 8% on average in the first quarter of 2025, Nasdaq and Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/VIRT#NASDAQ">VIRT</a>) — Buy rating, price target $48 from $56 — have lagged the group.
Nevertheless, the analyst forecasted over 10% first-quarter 2025 EPS beats for both stocks.
Both companies have benefitted from the surge in equity volume in the first quarter of 2025.
Assets under management linked to the Nasdaq-100 have faced beta headwinds related to the choppy equity markets year-to-date. One-third of their indexing revenue is derived from Nasdaq-100 futures, which posted their strongest growth quarter in years (up 38% sequentially) and are seeing strong adoption at the online brokers. In addition, the annual listing price hike (estimated 5%) should more than offset any delisting headwinds. 
Meanwhile, Virtu Financial should also see solid results across its organic initiatives, with industry volumes in options, ETFs, and fixed income higher sequentially.
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MKTX#NASDAQ">MKTX</a>) — Underperform rating, price target $191 from $189 — rallied 12% in March. 
Investors embedded an industrywide mix shift into A2A RFQ, where they are dominant. Siegenthaler noted that portfolio trading (PT) and D2D trading have also logged impressive volumes month-to-date, up 18% and 11% month-on-month (versus +9% for TRACE).
Tradeweb Markets remains dominant in both of these market segments. Accordingly, the analyst does not expect MarketAxess Holdings to post higher market share gains than Tradeweb Markets in March. Meanwhile, Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ICE#NYSE">ICE</a>) — Buy rating, price target $230 from $237 — will likely experience near-term cyclical headwinds in its mortgage and listing business.
Cboe Global Markets, Inc (BATS:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CBOE#BATS">CBOE</a>) — Buy rating, price target $260 from $251 — and Tradeweb Markets could see a sequentially adverse product mix shift, given a lower contribution from SPX and muni bonds. 
Futures and index options usage CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CME#NASDAQ">CME</a>) — Underperform rating, price target $219 from $200 — and Cboe Global Markets on Robinhood is ramping nicely. La Nina has been a helpful catalyst for commodity futures. The Mr. Cooper and Rocket Mortgage deal will cost Intercontinental Exchange approximately 410 bps of servicing share and 130 bps of origination share, which the analyst noted amounts to a $72 million headwind.
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B of A Securities analyst Craig Siegenthaler maintains Nasdaq (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $103 to $105.

B of A Securities Maintains Buy on Nasdaq, Raises Price Target to $105

Nuam, the unified entity of the Santiago, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/25/03/g44370947/nasdaq-and-nuam-strengthen-technology-partnership-to-drive-capital-market-integration-in-latin-ame" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lima, and Colombia stock exchanges</a>, extended its partnership with Nasdaq Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>).
All three exchanges&#8217; central securities depositories (CSDs) will integrate Nasdaq&#8217;s CSD platform to enhance post-trade processing efficiency across the region.
The partnership comes as the exchanges consolidate their trading infrastructures on Nasdaq's platform to attract global liquidity.
It also builds on Nasdaq's long-standing relationship with Chile's one of the most advanced CSD systems, Depósito Central de Valores (DCV).
Nuam CEO Juan Pablo Córdoba stated, &#8220;Our alliance with Nasdaq reaffirms our commitment to building an integrated, efficient, and accessible capital market in Latin America.&#8221;
&#8216;The adoption of this technology will optimize connectivity, strengthen our infrastructure, and facilitate access for global investors, boosting competitiveness and the growth of the Latin American financial ecosystem, Córdoba explained.
Last month, Nasdaq disclosed a partnership with Austrian Reporting Services (AuRep) to supply regulatory reporting&nbsp;technology <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/contracts/25/02/44000716/nasdaq-secures-deal-to-upgrade-austrias-regulatory-reporting-infrastructure" rel="noreferrer noopener">for Austria's financial sector</a>.
Under the agreement, approximately 90% of Austrian credit institutions will transition their regulatory reporting infrastructure to the cloud, replacing their legacy on-premises system with Nasdaq AxiomSL.
Investors can gain exposure to the stock via Listed Funds Trust Horizon Kinetics Blockchain Development ETF (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BCDF#NYSE">BCDF</a>) and iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers &amp; Securities Exchanges ETF (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/IAI#NYSE">IAI</a>)
Price Action: NDAQ shares are up 0.03% at $74.57 premarket at the last check Tuesday.
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On Friday, Nasdaq Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NDAQ#NASDAQ">NDAQ</a>) President&nbsp;Tal Cohen shared plans to enable <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/topic/day-trading" rel="noreferrer noopener">24-hour trading</a> on its equities exchange in a LinkedIn <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7303761150653939713/" rel="noreferrer noopener">post</a>.
The U.S. exchange operator plans to start round-the-clock trading in the second half of 2026, pending regulatory approval to tap retail investors&#8217; surging interest in U.S. markets in different time zones.
&#8220;Over 56 exchange traded products have launched in the last five years tracking the Nasdaq-100 Index, and 98% of these products were introduced outside of the United States,&#8221; Cohen wrote.
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Nevertheless, Cohen also highlighted <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-07/nasdaq-joins-exchanges-seeking-to-offer-round-the-clock-trading?sref=TBDibEcD" rel="noreferrer noopener">to</a> Bloomberg the risks associated with increased volatility and higher transaction costs due to the expanded trading hours.
He added that despite the increase in overnight trading, liquidity is still &#8220;significantly lower&#8221; during those hours.
Cohen&#8217;s ambitions also depend on an update to the securities information processor (SIP), which displays the best bid and offer price of a stock on an exchange and needs to be updated to accommodate the extra hours.
Nasdaq will work with other industry participants to mitigate these concerns and risks by forming a group to do so, a spokesperson told Bloomberg.
In January, Cboe Global Markets, Inc. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/25/02/43472768/cboe-global-markets-announces-plans-for-24-hour-stock-trading" rel="noreferrer noopener">shared plans to</a> extend trading on its equities exchange to 24 hours, five days a week, pending regulatory approval.
In October, the New York Stock Exchange applied to offer trading 22 hours on weekdays.
Robinhood Markets Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/HOOD#NASDAQ">HOOD</a>) and Interactive Brokers Group Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/IBKR#NASDAQ">IBKR</a>) already help customers transact U.S. stocks 24 hours a day, five days a week.
In November 2024, U.S. regulators <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/24/11/42238117/sec-approves-americas-first-24-hour-stock-exchange-what-it-means-for-you" rel="noreferrer noopener">approved the nation&#8217;s</a> first 24-hour stock exchange to&nbsp;24 Exchange, backed by&nbsp;Steve Cohen&#8217;s&nbsp;Point72 Ventures.
Price Action: NDAQ stock is up 0.39% at $76.47 at last check Friday.
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Nasdaq and nuam Strengthen Technology Partnership to Drive Capital Market Integration in Latin America

Nasdaq Deepens Commitment to Texas with Additional Client Investment Across the Region

Nasdaq to Convene Texas Business Leaders to Honor the Legacy of Ross Perot Jr.

Japan Go IPO Summit Provides Roadmap for Japanese Companies Seeking to List on U.S. Exchanges

Nasdaq to Hold First Quarter 2025 Investor Conference Call

Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date March 14, 2025

Delisting of Securities of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp.; Trevena, Inc.; Seelos Therapeutics, Inc.; DP Cap Acquisition Corp I; Chain Bridge I; Qomolangma Acquisition Corp.; Gaucho Group Holdings, Inc.; Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. V; and bleuacacia ltd from The Nasdaq Stock Market

Nasdaq Champions Smart Regulatory Reform to Strengthen the World's Leading Capital Markets and Drive American Economic Growth

Nasdaq Reports March 2025 Volumes and 1Q25 Statistics

Nasdaq Announces End-of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date March 31, 2025

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