POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Edward S. Knight, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The NASDAQ OMX Group,
Inc. (the "Company"), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


         (1) 	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and
passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation
of the SEC;


         (2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;


         (3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete
and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and


         (4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-
in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.


         The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper
to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-
in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.


         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned
is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 4th day of March, 2008.


/s/ Markus Gerdien
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Markus Gerdien
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