
NDAQ · Nasdaq
Nasdaq, Inc. is a financial-markets infrastructure company serving investors, trading firms, asset managers, public companies, and other financial institutions. It makes money through transaction-based market services, recurring market-data and index licensing, and technology and regulatory offerings. The supplied evidence does not provide a segment revenue split, so the contribution of each activity cannot be stated reliably. Nasdaq reported $8.3 billion of FY2025 revenue and $1.8 billion of net income, up from $7.4 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively, in FY2024. Its current scale is therefore a multibillion-dollar revenue platform with substantial profitability.
Nasdaq fell $2.34, or 2.44%, from $95.96 to $93.62 over the supplied week. The decline was steady rather than driven by a sharp reversal: the stock closed lower on each session in the provided sequence, including a larger $0.52 decline on August 4. No company-specific announcement, earnings release, contract, or management comment in the evidence explains the move. The identifiable market backdrop was caution over President Trump's Iran escalation, potentially higher oil prices, and new tariffs, although the supplied articles do not directly attribute Nasdaq's performance to those issues. Trading volumes ranged from 3.10 million to 4.64 million shares, with no evidence of an event-driven spike.