NASDAQplans to openits ownoptionsmarket, if itdoes notbuyone (ithas held talkswith the Philadelphiaexchange, which has had some success switching fromstockstooptions).
Driven by a desire to get bigger in the exploding optionsmarket, rival Nasdaq in 2007 struck deals to buy the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the Boston Stock Exchange and Stockholm-based OMX (this last deal is being done with Borse Dubai).
Nasdaq, the US technology market has partnered with the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) to sell single-stock futures.