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OMX AB
Image:OMX_logo.gif
Type Public (OMX: )
Founded 2003
Location Stockholm, Sweden
Key people Magnus Böcker, CEO
Industry Financial services
Products Stock exchange
Revenue SEK 3,115 m (EUR 341 m)
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Employees 1,371
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Website www.omxgroup.com
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OMX AB is a Swedish-Finnish financial services company, formed in 2003 through a merger between OM AB and HEX plc. It has two divisions, OMX Exchanges, which operates six stock exchanges in the Nordic and Baltic countries, and OMX Technology, which develops and markets systems for financial transactions used by OMX Exchanges, as well as by other stock exchanges. The company is a world leader in financial instruments trading systems. Image File history File links OMX_logo. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... The Old town in Stockholm from the air (help· info) is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ... Financial services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance industry. ... Revenue is a US business term for the amount of money that a company can receive from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... EBIT stands for Earnings before Interest and Taxes (operating income). ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... In business, a subsidiary is a company controlled by another company or corporation. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... Financial services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance industry. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nordic countries (Greenland not shown) The Nordic countries, also referred to as Norden (The North), and less stringently as Scandinavia, is a term used collectively for five countries in Northern Europe. ... The Baltic Sea The terms Baltic countries, Baltic Sea countries, Baltic states, and Balticum refer to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea. ...

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History

OM AB (Optionsmarknaden) was a futures exchange founded by Olof Stenhammar in the 1980s to introduce trading in standardized option contracts in Sweden. OM acquired the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1998 and unsuccessfully attempted acquisition of the London Stock Exchange in 2001. A futures exchange, or futures and options exchange is a corporation or mutual organization which provides the facilities to trade futures contracts and options. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... In finance, an option is a contract whereby one party (the holder or buyer) has the right but not the obligation to exercise a feature of the contract (the option) on or before a future date (the exercise date or expiry). ... The Stockholm Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...


On 3 September 2003 the Helsinki Stock Exchange (HEX) merged with OM, and the joint company became OM HEX. On August 31, 2004, the brand name of the company was changed to OMX. September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Helsinki Stock Exchange (Helsingin Pörssi) (HEX), is a stock exchange located in Helsinki, Finland. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


OMX Exchanges

The Stockholm Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. ... The Helsinki Stock Exchange (Helsingin Pörssi) (HEX), is a stock exchange located in Helsinki, Finland. ... The Tallinn Stock Exchange is a stock exchange operating in Tallinn, Estonia. ... The Riga Stock Exchange is a stock exchange operating in Riga, Latvia. ... The Vilnius Stock Exchange (VSE) is a stock exchange operating in Vilnius, Lithuania. ...

See also

// North America Bahamas Bahamas Securities Exchange Barbados Barbados Stock Exchange (BSE) Bermuda Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Canada Alberta Stock Exchange (ASE) Canadian Venture Exchange Montreal Curb Market/Canadian Stock Exchange Nasdaq Canada Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE), TSX is the main index of TSE TSX Venture Exchange Vancouver Stock Exchange Winnipeg... This is a list of Swedish companies: // Companies Asea Brown Boveri (Swedish-Swiss) Alfa Laval Akzo Nobel (Swedish-Dutch) Arla Foods (Swedish-Danish) Arla Plast Autoliv Assa Abloy AstraZeneca (Swedish-British) Atlas Copco Axel Johnson Group Axel Johnson AB Axfood Biacore Boliden Bure Equity Bravida Nord Civitas Holding AB (owner...

External links

  • OMX - Official site
  • Press release on the OMX brand name

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OMX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (189 words)
OMX is also the ticker symbol for OfficeMax.
OMX AB is a Swedish-Finnish financial services company, formed in 2003 through a merger between OM AB and HEX plc.
It has two divisions, OMX Exchanges, which operates six stock exchanges in the Nordic and Baltic countries, and OMX Technology, which develops and markets systems for financial transactions used by OMX Exchanges, as well as by other stock exchanges.
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