Intercontinental exchange reports ice and nyse volume for july;
record monthly volume in benchmark brent crude futures
Atlanta--(business wire)--intercontinental exchange, inc. (nyse: ice), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today reported exchange traded volumes for july 2014. ice’s july average daily volume (adv) for futures and options was 4.3 million contracts, a decrease of 23% compared to july 2013. july commodity adv declined 4% year to year, with natural gas adv down 22% partially offset by a 26% increase in brent adv. financial adv decreased 40% over the prior july due to the continued low european interest rate environment. in july, nyse’s u.s. cash equities adv declined 4% while u.s. options adv increased 1% year to year. ice futures & options adv (contracts in 000s) note: figures may not foot due to rounding. financial and reporting update ice will report second quarter 2014 earnings on thursday, august 7. following the transition of liffe u.s. contracts to ice futures in june, volume for metals, eurodollar, gcf repo index and u.s. msci equity index futures can be found in ice’s report center. a guide to tracking daily volume can be found on the supplemental volume information page in the investor section of the website. 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. 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 markets for 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 july 31, ice has cleared $55 trillion in gross notional value of cds on a cumulative basis across 1.9 million trades with open interest of $1.6 trillion. buy-side clearing of cds totaled $7.5 trillion since the launch of client clearing at ice clear credit in december of 2009. ice lists nearly 500 cds instruments for clearing. a complete summary of cds clearing can be found at: https://www.theice.com/clear_credit.jhtml july 2014 review ice’s brent crude futures contract set consecutive daily volume records on july 11 and july 15 of 1,451,481 contracts and 1,526,965 contracts, respectively. total monthly and average daily volume records were established in brent futures, newcastle coal futures and options, and mini msci emerging markets asia net total return index futures contracts. open interest records were established in uk natural gas futures and options, newcastle coal futures and options, and brent, cocoa, rotterdam coal and richards bay coal options contracts. ice completed the sale of wombat financial software to sr labs. ice chairman and ceo jeffrey c. sprecher testified before the senate on an equity market structure panel. trading days in july 2014: interest rates, uk single stock: 23 commodities, other financials: 22 us cash equities, us equity options: 22 ice finalized the acquisition of nyse euronext on november 13, 2013. for comparison purposes nyse euronext 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
