NASDAQ Stock Market ~ First Trust ETF to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

NASDAQ Stock Market ~ First Trust ETF to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

First Trust will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to celebrate the July 6th launch of their ETF product, the First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund.

In honor of the occasion, Ryan Issakainen, Sr. Vice President and ETF Strategist at First Trust, will ring the Opening Bell.

Where:

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

When:

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 -- 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET

Contact:

Chris Moon JCPR (973) 850-7304

NASDAQ MarketSite: Jen Knapp (212) 401-8916 Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:

The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on AMC3 / C20, downlink frequency 4100 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jen Knapp at (212) 401-8916.

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx or http://social.nasdaqomx.com .

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.

About First Trust:

First Trust Advisors L.P., the Fund's investment advisor, along with its affiliate First Trust Portfolios L.P., the Fund's distributor, are privately-held companies which provide a variety of investment services, including asset management, financial advisory services and competitive municipal underwriting, with collective assets under management or supervision of approximately $51 billion as of June 30, 2011 through closed-end funds, unit investment trusts, exchange-traded funds, mutual funds and separate managed accounts. For more information, please visit www.ftportfolios.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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