Global X Funds CEO to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell in Celebration of ETF Launches

ADVISORY, Dec. 12, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Global X Funds, a New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds that facilitates access to investment opportunities across the global markets, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square in celebration of the ETF launches of Global X NASDAQ 500 ETF (QQQV), Global X NASDAQ 400 Mid Cap ETF (QQQM), Global X Social Media Index ETF (SOCL), and Global X NASDAQ China Technology ETF (QQQC).

In honor of the occasion, CEO Bruno del Ama will officially ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

Contact: Alexandra Levis [phone] [e-mail]

NASDAQ MarketSite: Jen Knapp [phone] [e-mail]

Feed Information:

Fiber Line (Encompass Waterfront): 4463

Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West

18 mhz Lower

DL 3811 Vertical

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Webcast:

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About Global X ETF Funds:

Global X Funds is a New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds that facilitates access to investment opportunities across the global markets. With $1.4 billion in managed assets and over 100,000 investors from more than 100 countries as of October 28, 2011, Global X Funds currently offers exchange-traded funds that target Europe, Emerging Markets, Commodity Producers, Income Producers and Special Opportunities fund suites. For more information, please visit www.globalxfunds.com

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). 

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