2012 is the year when Sandvik celebrates 150 years as a company and in 2011 Sandvik had been listed at the Stockholm Stock Exchange for 110 years.

Helsinki, January 2, 2012 – NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces that the shares of Scanfil plc (short name: SCL1V) will today start trading on the main market of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Scanfil plc is a small cap company within the telecommunications sector. Scanfil is the first company to be listed in Helsinki since March 2010.

Stockholm, December 27, 2011 - NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announced that Micro Systemation AB (MSAB B), a Small Cap company within the Information Technology sector, today starts trading its shares on the main market of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm.

December 16, 2011 - Zynga, Inc. (ZNGA) the world's largest developer of online social games including CityVille, FarmVille, Words With Friends, CastleVille, and Zynga Poker, rang The NASDAQ Opening Bell in honor of the company's initial public offering on The NASDAQ Stock Market. Zynga CEO and founder Mark Pincus along with the company management team, board member Bing Gordon, and Mark's wife Alison Pincus, rang the opening bell remotely from its headquarters in San Francisco, California.
 

Stockholm, December 16, 2011 - NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announces that trading in Mackmyra Svensk Whisky AB (short name: MACK B) shares will commence today, December 16, on First North at NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. Mackmyra belongs to the Consumer Staples sector and is the 17th company to be admitted to trading on First North in 2011.

November 23, 2011 - Blue Nile, Inc. (NILE), the leading online retailer of diamonds and fine jewelry, visits the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square. In honor of the occasion, Mark Vadon, Chairman and Founder of Blue Nile, Inc. (NILE), rang the NASDAQ Opening Bell with a surprise wedding proposal which took place live at NASDAQ MarketSite. The lucky couple are the winners of Blue Nile's "Are You Man Enough to Say, I Do?" contest.