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Clearing Operations (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) |  |  |  | 9 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |
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Sep. 30, 2013 contract | Dec. 31, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012 contract | Sep. 30, 2013 NASDAQ OMX Nordic [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 NASDAQ OMX Nordic [Member] | Sep. 30, 2013 Liability Waterfall [Member] | Sep. 30, 2013 NOS Clearing [Member] | Dec. 31, 2012 NOCC [Member] | Sep. 30, 2013 NOCC guarantee fund [Member] | Dec. 31, 2012 NOCC guarantee fund [Member]
Clearing Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial investments, at fair value | $ 190,000,000 | [1] | $ 223,000,000 | [1] |  | $ 57,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Credit facility, borrowing capacity |  |  |  |  |  | 93,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Contract value of resale and repurchase agreements |  |  |  |  |  | 5,600,000,000 | 4,700,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Power of assessment of the clearing member's contribution to the financial markets and commodities markets default funds |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |  |
Junior capital, cash deposits and pledged assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22,000,000 |  |  |  |
Senior capital, cash deposits and pledged assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 28,000,000 |  |  |  |
Market value of derivative contracts outstanding, prior to netting | 1,359,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 75,000,000 |  |  |
Total number of derivative contracts cleared through NOS Clearing | 74,849,697 |  |  |  | 81,799,340 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted cash | 81,000,000 |  | 85,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Default Fund Contributions | 314,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 42,000,000 |  |  |
Pledged default fund contributions and margin collateral |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 569,000,000 |  |  |
Cash collateral for borrowed securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 33,000,000 |  |
Aggregate amount of letters of credit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 101,000,000 |  |
Contribution to guarantee fund |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 25,000,000 | $ 25,000,000
[1] | Primarily comprised of trading securities, mainly Swedish government debt securities, of $145 million as of September 30, 2013 and $201 million as of December 31, 2012. Of these securities, $102 million as of September 30, 2013 and $134 million as of December 31, 2012 are assets utilized to meet regulatory capital requirements primarily for clearing operations at NASDAQ OMX Nordic Clearing. This balance also includes our available-for-sale investment security in DFM valued at $45 million as of September 30, 2013 and $22 million as of December 31, 2012. See Note 6, “Investments,” for further discussion of our trading investment securities and available-for-sale investment security.

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