Launch of Two New ETFs NEW YORK, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following is being issued by NASDAQ (NASDAQ:NDAQ): What: Scott Hall Managing Director of First Trust Portfolios and Dan Waldron, Vice President New Product Development will preside over the opening bell to celebrate two new First Trust ETFs based on Nasdaq indexes and listed on Nasdaq. First Trust Nasdaq-100 Equal Weight ETF/Nasdaq-100 Tech ETF. Where: NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio When: Tuesday April 25th, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. EDT Contacts: Dan Waldron Vice President New Product Development 630 322 7792 NASDAQ MarketSite: Stephanie Lowenthal; 646.441.5220 Feed Information: The opening bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA-5 C-band/transponder 14. The downlink frequency is 3980 horizontal; audio: 6.2/6.8. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Lowenthal at (646) 441-5220. 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 Nasdaq-100 Equal Weight ETF/Nasdaq-100 Tech ETF The First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weight Index Fund (NASDAQ:QQEW) is an exchange-traded fund designed to replicate the holdings and weightings of the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index, an equal weighted version of the NASDAQ-100 Index which includes 100 of the largest non-financial securities listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market based on market capitalization. The First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund (NASDAQ:QTEC) is an exchange-traded fund designed to replicate the holdings and weightings of the NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index, an equal weighted index based on the securities of the NASDAQ-100 Index that are classified as Technology according to the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) classification system. DATASOURCE: NASDAQ CONTACT: Dan Waldron, Vice President New Product Development of First Trust Portfolios, +1-630-322-7792 or ; or Stephanie Lowenthal of NASDAQ MarketSite, +1-646-441-5220 Web site: http://www.nasdaq.com/

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