Intercontinental exchange reports ice and nyse volume for october
2014; cash equities adv up 32% year on year
Atlanta--(business wire)--intercontinental exchange, inc. (nyse: ice), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today reported monthly exchange traded volumes. in october, futures and options average daily volume (adv) was flat and cash equities adv increased 32% over the prior october. commodity adv increased 1% year to year, with energy adv up 2% driven by increases in brent and other oil adv, up 28% and 20%, respectively, from the prior year period. financials adv declined 2% from the year period due to continued low volatility in continental european short-term rates impacting the euribor adv, and was partially offset by growth in sterling and equity indices adv, which were up 62% and 50%, respectively, over the prior october. nyse’s u.s. cash equities and u.s. equity options adv increased 32% and 10%, respectively, over the prior october. u.s. cash equities market share was 23.9% and u.s. options market share was 22.8% for the month. ice futures & options adv (contracts in 000s) note: figures may not foot due to rounding. financial and reporting update daily volume reporting for liffe futures contracts will transition to ice volume and open interest reports (daily, mtd & ytd report) in the report center on our website as the contracts transition to ice futures europe. ice futures & options rolling three-month average rate per contract (rpc) rpc is calculated by dividing transaction revenues by contract volume, and may vary based on pricing, customer and product mix. rpc is subject to revision based on final numbers. ice futures & options open interest (contracts in 000s) ice futures & options monthly and ytd volume (contracts in 000s) u.s. equity options (contracts in 000s) (1) “nyse equity options” includes nyse amex options and nyse arca options trading in u.s. equity options contracts. u.s. equity options rolling three-month average rate per contract (rpc) u.s. cash products (shares in millions) (per 100 shares) credit default swaps (cds) transaction and clearing through october 31, ice has cleared $59 trillion in gross notional value of cds on a cumulative basis across 2 million trades with open interest of $1.7 trillion. buy-side clearing of cds totaled $10 trillion since the launch of client clearing at ice clear credit in december of 2009. ice lists over 500 cds instruments for clearing. a complete summary of cds clearing can be found at: https://www.theice.com/clear_credit.jhtml october 2014 review daily volume records were established in low sulphur gasoil futures and u.s. dollar index futures contracts. total monthly and average daily volume records were established in brent, wti and cocoa options contracts. a total monthly volume record was set in gasoil options contracts. open interest records were established in brent, gasoil, coal and cocoa options contracts and msci ac asia ex japan net total return index, msci pacific ex japan net total return index, msci india net total return index, msci emerging markets asia and msci all country world ex-us index futures contracts. ice completed the superderivatives acquisition, a leading provider of risk management analytics, financial market data and valuation services, expanding our clearing offering into otc and other exchange products. ice clear credit introduced clearing for hungary and south africa cds instruments for dealer to dealer and client clearing. ice benchmark administration published its position paper on the evolution and enhancement of ice libor. the new york stock exchange named stacey cunningham president of nyse governance services, a leading provider of corporate governance, risk, ethics and compliance services for public and privately held companies. nyse regulation will perform market surveillance, investigation and enforcement functions for nyse group’s three equities exchanges and two options exchanges beginning december 31, 2015. trading days in october 2014: interest rates, single stock equity derivatives: 23 commodities, other financials: 23 us cash equities, us equity options: 23 ice closed the acquisition of nyse on november 13, 2013. for comparison purposes nyse volumes are included for all periods covered. about intercontinental exchange intercontinental exchange (nyse: ice) is the leading network of regulated exchanges and clearing houses for financial and commodity markets. ice delivers transparent, reliable and accessible data, technology and risk management services to markets around the world through its portfolio of exchanges, including the new york stock exchange, ice futures and liffe. trademarks of ice and/or its affiliates include intercontinental exchange, ice, ice block design, nyse, new york stock exchange and liffe. information regarding additional trademarks and intellectual property rights of intercontinental exchange, inc. and/or its affiliates is located at www.intercontinentalexchange.com/terms-of-use. safe harbor statement under the private securities litigation reform act of 1995 - statements in this press release regarding ice's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. for a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ice's securities and exchange commission (sec) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ice's annual report on form 10-k for the year ended december 31, 2013, as filed with the sec on february 14, 2014. source: intercontinental exchange ice-corp
